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. 2008 Feb 8;105(6):108–112. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2008.0108

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Expansion behavior of an intraocular gas bubble filled with sulfur hexafluoride under conditions of ambient air ventilation (a) or (b) exposure to 67% nitrous oxide in sedated rabbits having local anesthesia. Liquefied vitreous was aspirated via the pars plana and pure sulfur hexafluoride injected afterwards. From: Kroll P, Reinhold R, Radig C, Eckard R, Ostmeier H: Zum Expansionsverhalten von intravitrealem Schwefelhexafluorid unter Lachgasexposition. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 1986; 189: 36–8 (10), with kind permission from Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart.