ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2006
The combined use of perfluorohexyloctane (F6H8) and silicone oil as an intraocular tamponade in the treatment of severe retinal detachment.
Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Intraocular perfluorodecalin and silicone oil tamponade (double filling) in the management of complicated retinal detachment: functional and anatomical outcomes using small-gauge surgery.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022Article
- F6H8 as an Intraoperative Tool and F6H8/Silicone Oil as a Postoperative Tamponade in Inferior Retinal Detachment with Inferior PVR.Journal of ophthalmology · 2014Article
- Surgical results of heavy silicone oil HWS-45 3000 as internal tamponade for inferior retinal detachment with PVR: a pilot study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2011Article
- The concept of heavy tamponades-chances and limitations.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2008Review
- Pars plana vitrectomy for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2008Article
- Combined use of perfluorohexyloctane and silicone oil as intraocular tamponade: an in vitro study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2006Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate the combined use of perfluorohexyloctane (F6H8) and 1,000-centistoke silicone oil as a long-term intraocular tamponade in the treatment of complicated retinal detachment.
methodsSixty consecutive eyes affected by complicated retinal detachment with (1) retinal breaks of the lower two quadrants and severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy, (2) inferior giant retinal tear, (3) penetrating trauma or (4) choroidal detachment underwent pars plana vitrectomy using a combined internal tamponade of F6H8 and silicone oil. The double filling (DF) was removed after 40-50 days. The anatomical outcome and the complications due to the DF are reported.
resultsRetinal reattachment was achieved in all but one patient. Thirty-eight (63%) eyes needed further surgery with silicone oil tamponade. Silicone oil was successfully removed in 22 eyes. Sixteen (27%) eyes had retained silicone oil at the last follow-up examination. One eye showed persistent retinal detachment despite further surgery. Main complications of the DF were recurrent retinal detachment of the upper retina in six (10%) eyes and membrane formation in 25 (42%) eyes.
conclusionsA combined internal tamponade of F6H8 and silicone oil may be a useful tool in the treatment of complicated retinal detachment involving the lower quadrants of the retina.
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