The role of nystagmus in silicone oil emulsification after pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for complex retinal detachment

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether nystagmus has a role in silicone oil emulsification after pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for complex retinal detachment. METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted of the clinical and operative records of eight eyes with nystagmus that underwent pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for repair of retinal detachment associated with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Three male (37.5%) and 5 female (62.5%) patients were included in this study. The mean age was 36.4 years (range, 19 to 54 years) and the mean follow-up time was 18.3 months (range, 5 to 49 months). RESULTS: Three eyes underwent combined lensectomy and vitrectomy. During the initial postoperative period, retinal attachment was obtained in 6 (75%) patients. Two of eight eyes required further surgery. Silicone oil emulsification occurred in all eyes to different degrees in the 1- to 3-month postoperative period. No inverse hypopyon was observed in any of patients. Three of eight eyes developed open angle glaucoma due to silicone oil emulsification before the silicone oil removal. In these patients, intraocular pressure was controlled successfully by medical therapy. Silicone oil removal was performed before the planned time because of early emulsification. After the removal of silicone oil, two of three eyes had established open angle glaucoma and medical therapy was maintained. After the removal of silicone oil, recurrent retinal detachment developed in two eyes and one of them developed phthisis bulbi. CONCLUSIONS: Silicone oil emulsification may develop earlier than expected in patients with nystagmus who underwent pars plana vitrectomy combined with silicone oil injection.     

Timing of retinal redetachment after removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade

PURPOSE: To evaluate the interval between removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade and retinal redetachment after pars plana vitrectomy, and to investigate factors influencing the length of the interval. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The retrospective study included 42 eyes of 42 consecutive patients who experienced a retinal redetachment after silicone oil had been removed 8.0+/-6.2 months after an initial pars plana vitrectomy including intraocular silicone oil (5,000 centistokes) tamponade. Pars plana vitrectomy had been performed for proliferative vitreoretinopathy caused by complicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. RESULTS: The retina redetached 2 days to 5.5 months after silicone oil removal (mean +/- SD, 1.3+/-1.4 months; median, 18 days). Thirteen (30%) of all 42 redetachments occurred in the first 9 days, 21 (50%) of all 42 retinal redetachments occurred in the first 18 days, and 32 (75%) of all 42 retinal redetachments occurred in the first 50 days. The interval between silicone oil removal and retinal redetachment was statistically (by analysis of variance) independent of the method of silicone removal (transpupillary drainage vs via pars plana sclerotomies), refractive error of the eye (P = .62), time between initial pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil removal (P = .99), visual acuity before silicone oil removal (P = .26), type of anesthesia (P = .69), gender (P = .80), and age (P = .48) of the patients. CONCLUSION: The risk of retinal redetachment decreases steeply with increasing time after silicone oil removal. Three to 5 months after oil removal, retinal redetachment becomes unlikely. The time of retinal redetachment is statistically independent of the method of silicone oil removal, refractive error, time between the preceding pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil removal, visual acuity before silicone oil removal, type of anesthesia, and gender and age of the patents. These data may be important for scheduling reexaminations and for counseling patients in their planned activities after removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade.     

Glaucoma after vitreo-retinal surgery with silicone oil injection: epidemiologic aspects

Purpose: To evaluate the prevalence of glaucoma after pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil injection and to determine the different clinical forms. Methods: Authors have carried out a retrospective longitudinal study on patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil injection from 1981 to 1995. The examined population consists of 301 patients (301 eyes), with an age ranging from 8 to 85 years, affected by retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Results: The prevalence of the secondary glaucoma has been 18.5%. In all cases glaucoma was caused by trabecular meshwork obstruction due to silicone oil emulsification. The glaucoma has been more frequent after surgery for recurrent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with fibrous PVR (52.86%) and for particular forms of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (giant tears, multiple breaks, pseudophakia) with incipient PVR (30%). Conclusion: Glaucoma after intravitreal silicone oil injection for complicated retinal detachments is a relatively frequent complication mostly when surgery needs endophotocoagulation, endodiatermy and lensectomy.     

Deposition of silicone oil droplets in the residual anterior lens capsule after vitrectomy and lensectomy in rabbits

AIM: To examine the histology of preserved anterior lens capsule in vitrectomised and lensectomised rabbit eyes with and without silicone oil tamponade. METHODS: Forty adult Japanese albino rabbits received two port vitrectomy and lensectomy with or without silicone oil tamponade in one eye under both general and topical anaesthesia. Anterior lens capsule was preserved during operation. After healing intervals residual anterior capsule was histologically observed under light or electron microscopy. RESULTS: Immediately after operation, cuboidal lens epithelial cells were observed on the posterior surface of the preserved anterior capsule. During healing intervals in eyes with or without silicone oil tamponade, regenerated lens structure of Sommerring's ring and fibrous tissue formed in the peripheral and central areas of the residual capsule, respectively. Ultrastructural observation revealed the presence of many vacuoles amid matrix accumulation on the posterior capsular surface, suggesting the deposition of emulsified silicone oil droplets. CONCLUSION: Lens epithelial cells produce regenerated lenticular structure and fibrous tissue on the residual capsule following vitrectomy and lensectomy in rabbits. Silicone oil droplets formed by its emulsification deposit in extracellular matrix accumulated on the posterior surface of the anterior capsule. Emulsified silicone may potentially enhance opacification of residual anterior capsule following pars plana vitrectomy by silicone oil deposition and subsequent activation of lens epithelial cells.     

双通道27G玻璃体切除术治疗硅油填充眼复发性视网膜脱离

目的:研究双通道27G玻璃体切除术在硅油填充状态下治疗复发性视网膜脱离的可行性及优缺点.方法:回顾性研究.7例硅油填充眼在随访时发现下方视网膜浅脱离.在硅油填充状态下行双通道27G玻璃体切除术.术中完成视网膜表面增殖膜剥离、视网膜下液抽吸,并在视网膜复位后行硅油下视网膜激光光凝术,根据患眼病情辅以巩膜外垫压或环扎.结果:术后所有患眼视网膜均成功复位,术中未发生严重并发症.所有患眼术后眼表反应轻且视力迅速恢复至术前水平.1眼在术后20d出现视网膜再脱离,经传统的硅油取出联合视网膜复位术成功复位视网膜.结论:双通道27G玻璃体切除术是一个治疗硅油填充眼早期视网膜再脱离的有效方法,可能具有更高的性价比.     

Deposits of perfluoroctane after prolonged use as a post-operative vitreous substitute

CASE REPORT: We describe a 72-year-old woman with a retinal detachment who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and intraocular tamponade with a combination of silicone oil and perfluoro-n-octane as a postoperative vitreous tamponade. Three months later, plaque-like deposits of emulsified perfluoro-n-octane were visible on the inferior retina. DISCUSSION: Deposits of emulsified perfluoro-n-octane, as epiretinal plaques, have not been previously been described as adverse reactions following the use of perfluorocarbons in the eye.     

Pseudo-endothelial dystrophy associated with emulsified silicone oil.

PURPOSE: To describe endothelial changes associated with emulsified silicone oil. METHODS: Report of a case. RESULTS: A 77-year-old man had multiple and diffuse clear vesicles on the endothelium of his left eye (LE). The cornea was clear and thin. He had undergone pars plana vitrectomy and intraocular silicone oil injection 5 years before presentation. Specular microscopy revealed numerous small bubbles of emulsified silicone oil and a mild degree of endothelial damage. CONCLUSION: Emulsified silicone oil can adhere to the endothelium and induce an apparent droplet-like endotheliopathy.     

Early postoperative macular features determined by optical coherence tomography after idiopathic macular hole surgery with silicone oil tamponade.

The configuration of idiopathic macular holes in the early postoperative period after pars plana vitrectomy using optical coherence tomography through silicone oil was evaluated. Pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling and silicone oil instillation was performed on 20 eyes. Optical coherence tomography images were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively. Nineteen eyes (95%) achieved a closed fovea. None of them had a transit foveal contour with flat retina without closure. In the early phase of postoperative idiopathic macular hole repair, inner retinal tissue closure rather than flattening of the fovea is essential for those undergoing pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling and silicone oil instillation.     

Retinal redetachment after removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade

AIM: To evaluate frequency and risk factors of retinal redetachment after removal of intraocular silicone oil tamponade. METHODS: The study included 225 patients who consecutively underwent intraocular silicone oil removal at a mean interval of 10 months after pars plana vitrectomy had been performed by one of two surgeons. Mean follow up time was 17.37 (SD 14.40) months (range 3.02-67.42 months). RESULTS: In 57 of 225 (25.3%) patients, the retina detached after removal of silicone oil. Risk factors for retinal redetachment were the following: number of previously unsuccessful retinal detachment surgeries (p=0.0008); surgeon (p=0.007); visual acuity before silicone oil removal (p=0.009); incomplete removal of vitreous base (p=0.01); absence of an encircling band in eyes with proliferate vitreoretinopathy in which an inferior retinotomy had not been performed (p=0.01); and indication for pars plana vitrectomy. Rate of retinal redetachment was statistically (p>0.05) independent of the technique of silicone oil removal and duration of silicone oil endotamponade. CONCLUSION: Retinal redetachment after removal of silicone oil endotamponade can occur in approximately a fourth of patients, depending on the criteria to use and to remove silicone oil. Risk factors for recurrent detachment included the following: number of previously unsuccessful retinal detachment surgeries, surgeon, preoperative visual acuity, incomplete removal of the vitreous base, absence of an encircling band, and reason for pars plana vitrectomy. The rate of retinal redetachment is independent of the technique of silicone oil removal and duration of silicone oil endotamponade, with a minimal duration of silicone oil tamponade of about 3 months in the present study.     

Intraocular pressure and silicone oil endotamponade

PURPOSE: To evaluate intraocular pressure after instillation and eventual removal of silicone oil in patients undergoing pars plana vitrectomy combined with silicone oil endotamponade. METHODS: The study included 198 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil endotamponade (5,000 centistoke viscosity), in whom silicone oil was removed and in whom follow-up after oil removal was at least 3 months. All patients were operated on by one of two surgeons. RESULTS: After silicone oil instillation, intraocular pressure increased significantly (P < 0.001) from 12.9 +/- 4.4 mm Hg preoperatively to 16.1 +/- 5.5 mm Hg postoperatively. Intraocular pressure was statistically (P > 0.20) independent of the duration of silicone oil tamponade. Twenty percent of the 198 patients had at least one postoperative intraocular pressure measurement that was higher than 21 mm Hg. Main reasons for increased intraocular pressure were closed inferior iridectomy, iris neovascularisation, silicomacrophagocytic open-angle glaucoma secondary to silicone oil emulsification, and preoperative history of glaucoma. Glaucomatous optic nerve damage was detected in 14 (14 of 198, 7.1%) eyes, including 8 eyes with preoperative antiglaucoma treatment. Silicone oil emulsification occurring in 40 (40 of 198, 20.2%) patients did not statistically influence intraocular pressure after oil removal. Ocular hypotony occurred in 10 (10 of 198, 5.1%) patients after oil release leading to intraocular hemorrhages and loss of vision in 3 patients. CONCLUSION: Clinically significant increased intraocular pressure after pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil endotamponade occurs relatively rarely, can usually be well controlled by topical antiglaucoma medication, and is reversible in most patients after oil removal. In patients with increased intraocular pressure and silicone oil endotamponade, oil removal may be preferred to invasive antiglaucoma surgery to reduce intraocular pressure.     

Retinal detachment and gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina: case report

To report a case of gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina associated with retinal detachment. Hyperornithinemia confirmed the diagnosis of gyrate atrophy. Pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil infusion was performed with good anatomical results, despite the persistence of low visual acuity. Retinal detachment is a rare complication of gyrate atrophy and can be managed with pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil. We discuss the possible mechanisms that led to low visual acuity.     

玻璃体切除和硅油填充手术后视网膜再脱离及其治疗

目的：探讨玻璃体切除和硅油填充手术手视网膜再脱离的治疗。 方法：回顾总结增殖性玻璃体视网膜病变（proliferative vitreorinapthy PVR）5例5只眼和外伤性PVR3例3只眼的视网膜脱离手术后再脱离的治疗效果。治疗方法为经睫状体平坦部闭合式玻璃体切除、膜剥离、视网膜切开、内排溶剂化物、硅油填充，2只眼加视网膜下膜剥离取出。 结果：术后视网膜解剖复位6只眼，2只眼下方仍有浅脱离，术后视力提高6只眼，不变2只眼。 结论：视网膜再脱离的原因与增殖性视网膜前膜和下膜形成有关，治疗原则为玻璃体切除、解除增殖膜的牵引和充分地液/油交换. （中华眼底病杂志，1996，12：13-15）     

Retinal displacement following pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

International Ophthalmology - To evaluate the frequency of retinal displacement after pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) using silicone oil tamponade in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment...     

中间型葡萄膜炎并发复杂性视网膜脱离的玻璃体手术治疗

目的:探讨中间型葡萄膜炎并发复杂性视网膜脱离的临床特征及玻璃体切除联合眼内填充术的治疗效果。方法:回顾性分析我院2000-01/2005-06收治的11例(共11眼)中间型葡萄膜炎并发复杂性视网膜脱离病例术前及术后详细的临床资料。所有患者均接受巩膜外环扎,玻璃体切除联合眼内填充术治疗,术中9眼行硅油充填,2眼填充长效惰性气体。术后随访12～66mo。结果:术后11眼均获视网膜良好复位及视力增进。随访期中有7眼于6～12mo取出硅油,硅油取出后2眼因周边部PVR或葡萄膜炎复发导致视网膜脱离复发,未取硅油的4眼(包括2只再手术眼)视网膜平伏。结论:中间型葡萄膜炎并发的复杂性视网膜脱离,尤其存在周边部纤维及血管膜的牵引时,玻璃体切除联合眼内填充术效果确切,周边部PVR和葡萄膜炎复发是术后限制视网膜复位的主要原因。     

Intravitreal silicone oil injection: complications and treatment of 415 consecutive patients

Silicone oil injection in conjunction with pars plana vitrectomy was carried out by five surgeons in 415 consecutive patients using the same surgical equipment, the same surgical techniques and the same highly purified silicone oil (viscosity, 5000 mPa·s). Indications for silicone oil injection after vitrectomy included advanced stages of proliferative vitreoretinopathy following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (49%), severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy (38%), and proliferative vitreoretinopathy following retinal detachment due to ocular trauma (13%). Postoperative complications were noted in a 6- to 30-month follow-up period. Cataractous changes of varying degree were seen in all phakic eyes. Silicone oil entered the anterior chamber in 6% of all phakic and pseudophakic eyes. Subretinal silicone oil was noted in 4%. Other complications associated with the use of intravitreal silicone oil included biomicroscopically visible silicone oil emulsification (0.7%), keratopathy (5.5%), glaucoma (6%), closure of the inferior iridectomy (6%), and reproliferation of epiretinal and subretinal fibrous membranes (40%). We anticipate that the physicochemical characteristics of the highly purified silicone oil (viscosity, 5000 mPa·s) and the routine performance of an inferior iridectomy in all aphakic eyes had a positive impact on the low incidence of silicone-oil-related complications such as emulsification, keratopathy and secondary glaucoma.     

Pars plana vitrectomy with corneal transplantation -- combined procedure

The aim of our study is to present own observations with Eckardt temporary keratoprosthesis, during combined pars plana vitrectomy and corneal transplantation. We operated on two aphakic patients with unclear corneas and retinal detachment--I case, phthisis bulbi after recurrent uveitis--II case. Eckardt temporary keratoprosthesis was sutured to the corneal bed with 4 or 6 Ethilon 10.0 bites, pars plana vitrectomy was performed followed by corneal transplantation and silicone oil tamponade. We obtained good transplant clarity only in the I case, in the II case because of hipotony and persistent contract of silicone oil with cornea, transplant was cloudy and collapsed with small exception in the central area. After 3-rd month we noticed local retinal detachment in the periphery, which was suppressed with laser photocoagulations. We think, that Eckardt temporary keratoprosthesis gives possibility to do vitrectomy in patients with undear cornea, which was in the past impossible. However, combined procedure requires surgical skills in both: anterior and posterior segments of the eye.     

Re-emergence of hidden residual intraocular silicone oil bubble after previous silicone oil removal

BACKGROUND: We describe the re-emergence of a hidden residual intraocular silicone oil bubble after previous silicone oil removal. HISTORY AND SIGNS: A 57-year-old patient underwent vitrectomy with silicone oil for a complicated retinal detachment. Six weeks later silicone oil was removed via the pars plana and phakoemulsification with lens implantation was performed. Subsequent clinical follow-up showed an attached retina without residual silicone oil bubbles. However, more than 2 years later the patient suffered sudden visual loss. Clinical examination showed a bubble of silicone oil wedged between a remaining layer of anterior vitreous and the capsular bag, reducing central visual acuity. THERAPY AND OUTCOME: Complete extraction of the silicone oil bubble was performed via the pars plana. CONCLUSIONS: Residual silicone oil bubbles may wedge themselves into vitreous pockets in the ophthalmoscopically invisible regions of the pars plana. Over time these bubbles may migrate into the retrolental space with obstruction of the visual axis.     

Silicone oil removal. II. Operative and postoperative complications.

A retrospective study of the effects of silicone oil removal was carried out on 85 patients who had undergone pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil exchange for giant retinal tears or proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Silicone oil was removed either as part of the treatment of anterior segment complications such as glaucoma and keratopathy (25 patients) or in order to prevent these complications (60 patients). The major complications of the removal of silicone oil were retinal redetachment (25%), hypotony (16%), and expulsive haemorrhage (1%). The length of time that the oil remained in the eye and the presence of anterior segment complications did not appear to have an effect on the rate of retinal redetachment or hypotony.     

玻璃体切除术治疗急性视网膜坏死综合征

目的：评价玻璃体切除术治疗急性视网膜坏死综合征（ARNS）的疗效。方法：对6例（7眼）伴有视网膜裂孔或脱离的ARNS患者进行玻璃体切除术,采用三通道睫状体平坦部切口切除玻璃体、剥膜、松解性视网膜切开、硅油填充及眼内光凝。术后半年到9个月取出硅油。结果：5眼伴有视网膜脱离眼手术治疗后视网膜均获得满意复位,2眼在取出硅油后视网膜脱离复发。2眼存在视网膜裂孔眼术后无新裂孔及视网膜脱离发生,所有病例术后视力均有不同程度改善,最优者为0.1。结论：玻璃体切除术是治疗急性视网膜坏死综合征有效的方法,可明显改善其预后。     

增生性糖尿病视网膜病变合并白内障行玻璃体切割术中两种联合术式的对比观察

目的探讨增生性糖尿病视网膜病变(proliferative diabetic retinopathy,PDR)合并白内障行玻璃体手术硅油填充联合超声乳化吸出术或晶状体切除术的临床疗效。方法对合并有不同程度的晶状体混浊和伴有累及后极部的牵拉性视网膜脱离或牵拉-孔源性视网膜脱离以及术中出现医源性裂孔的PDR患者共76例(86眼),在行玻璃体切除手术中,根据晶状体混浊程度,采用经睫状体平坦部切除晶状体保留前囊膜(2～3级核;46眼)作为玻璃体切除+晶状体切除术组或超声乳化手术摘出晶状体保留后囊膜(3级核以上;40眼)作为玻璃体切除+超声乳化吸出术组,一期不植入人工晶状体;完成玻璃体手术后予硅油填充。术后观察的指标包括:视力、眼压、前囊膜或后囊膜混浊情况、虹膜新生血管、虹膜粘连情况、视网膜复位情况以及二期人工晶状体植入情况。结果 2组患者的术后最佳矫正视力为0.05的为32眼、25眼,分别占69.6%和62.5%,2组间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);术后2组出现高眼压眼分别为7眼和8眼,组间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);2组间在各级囊膜混浊程度上比较,差异均无统计学意义(均为P>0.05);2组中虹膜不同程度粘连于囊膜分别为5眼和6眼,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);超声乳化术组中发生虹膜新生血管2眼,在晶状体切除术组中为5眼,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);视网膜复位情况以及二期人工晶状体植入情况2组比较,差异也无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论玻璃体手术硅油填充联合超声乳化吸出术或晶状体切除术,术后酌情行二期人工晶状体植入,都是处理严重PDR合并白内障眼的较好方法。