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. 2003 Mar;87(3):318–321. doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.318

Table 1.

Functional and anatomical status after vitrectomy with silicone oil infusion for proliferative diabetic vitrectomy. Patients 7, 16, and 23 had repeat vitrectomy and silicone oil infusion with final retinal reattachment

Case No Age/sex/ race/eye Diagnosis Length of follow up (months) Vision (preop/final) IOP (preop/postop) Rubeosis (preop/postop) NVG (preop/postop) Anatomical outcome
1 58/F/H/RE PDR, TRRD, RI, hypotony 1 LP/LP 6 mm/5 mm RI/no change None Retina flat SO present
2 59/F/AA/RE PDR, TRD, VH 5 HM/CF 1 ft 19 mm/22 mm None None Retina flat SO present
3 70/M/AA/LE PDR, TRD, recurrent VH 4 CF 2ft/
5/200
22 mm/15 mm None/RI None Retina flat SO present
4 21/F/AA/RE PDR, RI, NVG, TRD, subluxed lens 12 CF 2ft/ 5/160 16 mm/7 mm RI/regressed NVG/resolved Retina flat SO present
5 21/F/AA/LE PDR, RI NVG, TRD, FS 1 LP/LP 14 mm/20 mm RI/no change NVG/IOP is normal Retina flat SO present
6 60/M/AA/RE PDR, TRD, RI, FS 4 LP/10/200 12 mm/9 mm RI/regressed None Retina flat SO present
7 52/M/H/RE PDR, TRD, VH, FS 12 LP/HM 9 mm/2 mm None None Recurrent RD
SO present
8 44/M/H/RE PDR, TRD, VH 2 CF 1 ft/
20/80
10 mm/15 mm None None Retina flat SO removed
9 36/M/AA/RE PDR, TRD, VH 1 CF 2 ft/
5/200
17 mm/21 mm None None Retina flat SO present
10 36/M/AA/LE PDR, TRD, VH 3 HM/LP 15 mm/14 mm None None Retina flat SO present
11 49/F/AA/RE PDR, TRD, VH, CT 1 CF 1 ft/HM 11 mm/32 mm None None RD
12 82/F/AA/RE PDR, TRD 3 LP/NLP 14 mm/8 mm None None Retina flat
13 52/M/AA/RE PDR, TRD, RI 9 HM/LP 12 mm/2 mm RI/regressed None RD SO present
14 75/F/AA/RE PDR, TRD, VH 18 LP/HM 9 mm/3 mm None None RD (peripheral) SO present
15 52/F/H/LE PDR, TRD, CT, RI HYP 1 HM/CF 1 ft 12 mm/12 mm RI/no change None Retina flat SO present
16 68/M/AA/LE PDR, TRRD 3 CF 2 ft/HM 19 mm/15 mm None None TRD
17 58/M/AA/RE PDR, TRD, VH 1 CF 1 ft/LP 16 mm/15 mm None None Retina flat SO present
18 29/F/H/LE PDR, TRD, VH 6 HM/LP 13 mm/12 mm None None RD SO present
19 59/F/AA/RE PDR, TRD, ERM, VH 25 5/200/
CF 2 ft
12 mm/27 mm None None Retina flat SO present
20 58/M/AA/RE PDR, TRD, FS 8 LP/CF 2 ft 13 mm/16 mm None None Retina flat SO removed
21 74/M/AA/RE PDR, TRD, CSME 2 HM/HM 10 mm/25 mm None None Retina flat SO removed
22 56/M/H/LE PDR, TRD, VH, RI, NVG 1 LP/NLP 32 mm/5 mm RI/no change NVG/IOP is normal Retina flat SO present
23 58/M/H/LE PDR, TRD, VH 2 HM/LP 14 mm/22 mm None/RI None RD SO present

PDR = proliferative diabetic retinopathy; TRRD = tractional rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; RI = rubeosis iridis; SO = silicone oil; TRD = tractional retinal detachment; VH = vitreous haemorrhage; NVG = neovascular glaucoma; FS = fibrinoid syndrome; RD = retinal detachment; CT = cataract; HYP = hyphaema; ERM = epiretinal membrane.