Emulsification of Different Viscosity Silicone Oil in Complicated Retinal Detachment Surgery: A Randomized Double-Blinded Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study silicone oil (SO) emulsification, anatomic and visual outcome after complicated retinal detachment surgery by pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with intraocular SO tamponade, comparing between low and high viscosity SO.

Design

Randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial.

Patients and methods

Patients with complicated retinal detachment who had been surgically treated by PPV and intraocular SO tamponade were randomly divided into low viscosity (Group 1) or high viscosity (Group 2). Main Outcome Measures were rate of silicone oil emulsification, anatomic retinal reattachment and visual outcome, assessed at 1,3,6,9 and 12 months.

Results

One hundred patients were divided into 50 patients in each group. The rate of silicone oil emulsification in Group

SUBMITTER: Ratanapakorn T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012328 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature