Silicone Oil for the Treatment of Severe Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Clinical variables and their relation to visual outcome after vitrectomy in eyes with diabetic retinal traction detachment

“…Table 3 summarises studies on vitrectomy results of eyes with central diabetic retinal traction detachment over the past 25 years. About 60 to 80% (range 22 to 77%) of eyes achieve a visual acuity of >5/200, and a final anatomic success is reported in 33 to 100% [1,5,6,7,8,12,15,16,20,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,33,34]. Earlier studies are comparable to the current study, in which these percentages were 64 and 86%, respectively.…”

“…In a review of the literature, we found that after vitrectomy with membrane dissection improved or stabilised vision is reported in 55 to 89% of the eyes [1,5,6,7,8,12,15,16,20,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,33,34]. Table 3 summarises studies on vitrectomy results of eyes with central diabetic retinal traction detachment over the past 25 years.…”

Postoperative Komplikationen nach Silikonölinstillation

“…Jedoch beobachteten wir bei Diabetikern nach der Silikonolentfernung eine Zunahme der Rubeosis and eine Verschlechterung des Neovaskularisationsglaukoms. Mehrere Autoren zeigten, daB die Silikonoltamponade bei der proliferativen diabetischen Retinopathie neben der Prevention des Neovaskularisationsglaukoms auch einen positiven Einfluss auf eine bereits vorbestehende Rubeosis oder ein Neovaskularisationsglaukom hat [7,11,14].…”

Safety and feasibility of a novel intravitreal tamponade using a silicone oil/acetyl-salicylic acid suspension for proliferative vitreoretinopathy: first results of the Austrian Clinical Multicenter Study

“…Proliferative vitreoretinopathy is the most common cause of failed retinal reattachment [4][5][6][7]. Refined surgical techniques and the introduction of silicone oil (SiO) as a tamponade have improved the outcome of PVR surgery, but better methods of preventing PVR are still required [8][9][10][11].…”