[The remove of intraocular foreign body by the assistance of the injection of silicone oil].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of the injection of silicone oil in helping the remove of intraocular foreign body throughout pars plana vitrectomy (PPV).


METHODS
It was a series case study. This study included 17 eyes with intraocular foreign body from June 2007 to April 2008. Intraocular foreign bodies in these eyes were hardly removed, and all of the eyes had complicated and severe retinal injuries. The intraocular foreign bodies were taken out followed intravitreal injection of silicon oil. The retinal protective effects of silicon oil were studied.


RESULTS
All the intraocular foreign bodies were removed successfully without any damage to the retina due to the viscosity of silicon oil and its gasket function.


CONCLUSIONS
Intravitreal injection of silicon oil was able to help the removement of hardly-hold intraocular foreign body with PPV and avoid secondary retinal injury in this process.
Gao
Sheng
S
Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Liu
Yi
Y
Zou
Ming
M
Wu
Qian-ying
QY
Lu
Fang
F
Zhang
Mei-xia
MX
Ma
Lin
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D012827:Silicone Oils / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
D012827:Silicone Oils