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Visual and anatomical outcomes after silicone oil removal in patients with complex retinal detachment

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Abstract

To evaluate outcomes of temporary silicone oil (SO) tamponade in patients with complex retinal detachment. A retrospective study of 184 eyes of 177 consecutive patients who underwent SO removal (SOR) by one surgeon between 2000 and 2010. Indications for the use of SO were proliferative vitreoretinopathy (56 eyes), difficult rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) (58 eyes), diabetic traction retinal detachment (DTRD) (29 eyes), RRD due to macular hole in highly myopic eyes (16 eyes), giant retinal tears (13 eyes), and RRD after penetrating trauma (12 eyes). All eyes underwent prophylactic 360° laser retinopexy and encircling buckle at the time of primary surgery. The mean duration of SO tamponade was 47 weeks, with a mean follow-up of 66.9 weeks after SOR. Anatomical success after SOR was achieved in 96.73 %. Final visual outcome of ≥20/200 was significantly higher in eyes with RRD compared to eyes with DTRD. Young age (≤16 years), performance of pars plana lensectomy at primary procedure and presence of pseudophakia at last follow-up were factors associated with good visual outcome in eyes with RRD. Factors predicting attached retina at last follow-up were older age (>16 years), normal intraocular pressure (IOP) at initial presentation and no relaxing retinotomy performed during the primary procedure in eyes with RRD. Complications were cataract (100 %) in phakic eyes, increased IOP (15.7 %), keratopathy (3.8 %), and hypotony (2.1 %). The low redetachment rate after SOR in the present study might be due to prophylactic 360° retinopexy and use of encircling buckles at time of primary retinal reattachment.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Ms. Connie B. Unisa-Marfil for secretarial work and Mr. Dustan Kangave for conducting the statistical analyses.

This work was partly supported by Dr. Nasser Al-Rasheed Research Chair in Ophthalmology (Abu El-Asrar AM).

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    Saeed F. Al-Wadani, Marwan A. Abouammoh & Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar

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Al-Wadani, S.F., Abouammoh, M.A. & Abu El-Asrar, A.M. Visual and anatomical outcomes after silicone oil removal in patients with complex retinal detachment. Int Ophthalmol 34, 549–556 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-013-9857-9

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