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Update on surgical management of complex macular holes: a review
Modern surgical interventions effectively treat macular holes (MHs) more than 90%. Current surgical treatment for MHs is pars plana vitrectomy with...
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Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments: primary reattachment rates and visual outcomes over a 4-year period
Background and AimsTo describe rhegmatogenous retinal detachment surgery in a Dublin tertiary referral centre over a 4-year period and to examine...
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Heavy and standard silicone oil: intraocular inflammation
PurposeProliferative vitreoretinopathy in the inferior retina remains clinically challenging. Heavier-than-water intraocular tamponades have been...
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Ratios for double silicone oil Endotamponade – in vitro observations may assist with ratio selection
BackgroundSilicone oil tamponade is more frequently reserved for cases of complex retinal detachment. We describe the effects of different variations...
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Comparative study of penetrating keratoplasty and vitreoretinal surgery with Eckardt temporary keratoprosthesis in ocular trauma versus non-trauma patients
PurposeTo evaluate the effectiveness of temporary keratoprosthesis combined with vitreoretinal surgery and penetrating keratoplasty in patients with...
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Vitrectomy with scleral buckling versus with inferior retinectomy in treating primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with PVR and inferior breaks
Purpose:To evaluate anatomic and functional outcomes of patients treated with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with scleral buckling versus PPV with...
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Dexamethasone implant in silicone oil: in vitro behavior
BackgroundTo determine the effect of the silicone on the dexamethasone intravitreal implant.
MethodsBasic, experimental, prospective and transversal...
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Preliminary study of the safety and efficacy of medium-chain triglycerides for use as an intraocular tamponading agent in minipigs
PurposeTo date, only silicone oils and gases have the appropriate characteristics for use in vitreo-retinal surgery as vitreous substitutes with...
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Incidence and indications for pars plana vitrectomy following the treatment of posterior uveal melanomas in Scotland
BackgroundGlobe-sparing treatments such as plaque brachytherapy, local or endoresection, and proton beam therapy (PBT) are the treatments of choice...
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Künstlicher Glaskörper
BackgroundAlthough numerous advances have been made in technology and techniques of pars plana vitrectomy and tamponades, there are still unsolved...
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Long-term heavy silicone oil intraocular tamponade
Heavy silicone oil tamponade is intended to be temporary, but may occasionally be indefinite in patients who refuse, or are deemed unsuitable for,...
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The use of Densiron-68™ as a perioperative surgical tool
Agents such as Densiron-68™, with specific gravity slightly greater than that of water (1.06 g/cm 3 ), have been developed to tamponade the inferior...
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Antimicrobial effectiveness of silicone oil, heavy silicone oil and perfluorodecaline against Bacillus cereus
The purpose of this work is to study the effectiveness of silicone oil, heavy silicone oil and perfluorodecaline against Bacillus cereus . For this we...
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The impact of axial length on retinal tamponade for gas, silicone oil, and heavy silicone oil, using an in vitro model
BackgroundTo investigate whether ocular axial length influences the tamponade efficacy of three commonly used agents: gas, silicone oil, and heavy...
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Heavy silicone oil (Densiron-68) for the treatment of persistent macular holes
PurposeTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of the use of Densiron-68 as intraocular endotamponade for the treatment of persisting macular holes...
