(Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:1203-1207 Since the development of pars plana vitrectomy by Machemer and colleagues 1 for treatment of complicated retinal detachment and proliferate vitreoretinopathy, silicone oil has increasingly been used for retinal tamponade, after stiV retinal folds have been mobilised. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Clinically significant increased intraocular pressure after pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil endotamponade occurs relatively rarely, can usually be well controlled by topical antiglaucoma medication, and is reversible in most patients after oil removal. In patients with increased intraocular pressure and silicone oil endotamponade, oil removal may be preferred to invasive antiglaucoma surgery to reduce intraocular pressure.

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