Table 1.
Relation between surgical indication, viscosity of silicone oil and final retinal status
| Diagnosis | Type of silicone oil | Final retinal status | ||||||||||
| 1000 cs | 5000 cs | Attached 1000cs 5000cs | Detached 1000cs 5000cs | |||||||||
| No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
| RD* + PDR† | 5 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15.3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
| RD + endophthalmitis | 4 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 15.3 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| RD + IOFB‡ | 8 | 28 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 30.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 6 | 30 |
| RD + PVR** | 12 | 42 | 29 | 55 | 11 | 42.3 | 16 | 48.5 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 65 |
| Total | 29 | 100 | 53 | 100 | 26 | 100 | 33 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 20 | 100 |
*RD = Retinal detachment – †PDR = Proliferative diabetic retinopathy ‡IOFB = Intraocular foreign body – **PVR = Proliferative vitreoretinopathy