Bilal Khan, Mumtaz Alam, Bilal Bashir, Adnan Alam, Mir Ali Shah, Mehfooz Husssain.
Recurrence of Retinal Detachment after Silicone Oil Removal.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;13(2):110-2.

Objective: To find out the frequency of recurrence of retinal detachment after silicone oil removal Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective review of 100 patients. The study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. All patients who underwent removal of silicone oil from the eye between June 2012 and January 2014 were included in the study. Silicone oil was removed via pars plana sclerotomies in all patients under peribulbar anesthesia. All surgeries were performed by the same surgeon. The mean follow up period after the removal of silicone oil was 6 months. Results: 65 of the patients were male (65%) and 35 were female (35%). Age of the patients was ranging from 16 to 70 years, with a mean of 37 years. The duration of intraocular silicone oil tamponade ranged from 3 to 6 months. Retina was attached in all cases before the removal of silicone oil. 6 months after the removal of silicone oil, retina remained attached in 75 of the 100 (75%) patients included in the study. In 25 (25%) patients, the retina detached after removal of silicone oil. Conclusion: Re-detachment of the retina can occur after removal of silicone oil in eyes having stable attached retina after successful pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade. Detail assessment of the patient is important to identify the eyes at risk of re-detachment.

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