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Intraocular pressure following intravitreal silicone oil injection.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Burk, LL; Shields, MB; Proia, AD; McCuen, BW
Published in: Ophthalmic Surg
August 1988

The clinical features of 100 consecutive cases and the histopathology of six enucleated eyes, all having undergone silicone oil injection for complicated retinal detachments, were studied with regard to the incidence and mechanisms of postoperative intraocular pressure changes. Preoperatively, five patients had glaucoma and 35 had hypotony (7 mm Hg or less). Immediately after surgery, 43 patients had glaucoma and 14 had hypotony, while seven had glaucoma and 39 had hypotony in the late postoperative period (average follow-up of 1 year). In most cases, the mechanism of intraocular pressure change did not appear to be directly related to the presence of silicone, but rather to the preoperative status of the eye and other aspects of the vitreoretinal surgery. When silicone was a factor, the resulting intraocular pressure appeared to represent a balance between mechanisms obstructing aqueous outflow (pupillary block and the reaction to silicone bubbles in the anterior chamber angle) and mechanisms reducing aqueous production (cyclitic membranes and retinal detachment).

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Published In

Ophthalmic Surg

ISSN

0022-023X

Publication Date

August 1988

Volume

19

Issue

8

Start / End Page

565 / 569

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Silicone Oils
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Postoperative Period
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Injections
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Eye Enucleation
 

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Burk, L. L., Shields, M. B., Proia, A. D., & McCuen, B. W. (1988). Intraocular pressure following intravitreal silicone oil injection. Ophthalmic Surg, 19(8), 565–569.
Burk, L. L., M. B. Shields, A. D. Proia, and B. W. McCuen. “Intraocular pressure following intravitreal silicone oil injection.Ophthalmic Surg 19, no. 8 (August 1988): 565–69.
Burk LL, Shields MB, Proia AD, McCuen BW. Intraocular pressure following intravitreal silicone oil injection. Ophthalmic Surg. 1988 Aug;19(8):565–9.
Burk, L. L., et al. “Intraocular pressure following intravitreal silicone oil injection.Ophthalmic Surg, vol. 19, no. 8, Aug. 1988, pp. 565–69.
Burk LL, Shields MB, Proia AD, McCuen BW. Intraocular pressure following intravitreal silicone oil injection. Ophthalmic Surg. 1988 Aug;19(8):565–569.

Published In

Ophthalmic Surg

ISSN

0022-023X

Publication Date

August 1988

Volume

19

Issue

8

Start / End Page

565 / 569

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Silicone Oils
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Postoperative Period
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Injections
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Eye Enucleation