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Eighteen consecutive patients with preliferative vitreoretinopathy following retinal detachment were treated with radical pars-plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection.
At least 6 months follow-up demonstrated fully attached retinas in 12 patients, partly attached retinas in 3 patients and primary failure in 3 patients.
The visual fields revealed serious defects in 50% of those patients with attached retinas. The expected complications such as cataract (100%), glaucoma, corneal decompensation and subretinal oil were seen as well, but the complication rate is expected to diminish with newer surgical techniques.
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Stilma, J.S., Koster, R. & Živojnović, R. Radical vitrectomy and silicone-oil injection in the treatment of proliferative vitreoretinopathy following retinal detachment. Doc Ophthalmol 64, 109–116 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00166692
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