Silicone Oil Tamponade Removal: Which Technique Is More Effective? An X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the efficacy of two surgical techniques used to remove silicone oil (SiO) emulsion tamponade after pars plana vitrectomy: triple air-fluid exchange (AFX) and balanced salt solution lavage (BSSL).

Methods

X-ray photoemission spectroscopy measured silicon content of the dry residue of fluid samples taken during AFX and BSSL. Ten patients underwent AFX and five BSSL. Three fluid samples were taken per patient, and the dry residue of 10 drops per sample were analyzed. A fluid sample from a patient who never received SiO tamponade was also analyzed to set a "blank" reference sample.

Results

Patients' demographics showed no significant difference. Sample 1 of the two groups contained comparable silicon content while samples 2 and 3 of the AFX group contai

SUBMITTER: Rossi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10123323 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature