Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Un-doing All that Good Work! Glaucoma after Vitrectomy and Silicone Oil Injection for the Treatment of Complicated Retinal Detachment

A fifty-two year old bilaterally pseudophakic Caucasian gentleman having a retinal detachment secondary to two retinal breaks superotemporally in his right eye underwent twenty-three gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), endophotocoagulation and perfluoroethane (C2F6) gas insertion. He presented five weeks later with a total retinal detachment in the same eye presumed consequent to a retinal break infero temporally thought to represent temporal extension of the initial retinal tear beyond the margin of the aforementioned retinopexy. Twenty gauge PPV was performed, cryotherapy was applied to the retinal break, indirect retinal photocoagulation carried out and 16% perfluoropropane (C3F8) inserted into the vitreous cavity.

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