EFFECTS OF THE LONG-TERM USE OF PERFLUOROPERHYDROPHENANTHRENE ON THE RETINA

Authors
Citation
C. Batman et O. Cekic, EFFECTS OF THE LONG-TERM USE OF PERFLUOROPERHYDROPHENANTHRENE ON THE RETINA, Ophthalmic surgery, 29(2), 1998, pp. 144-146
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
144 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1998)29:2<144:EOTLUO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Perfluorocarbon liquids have gained wide acceptance as intraoperative tools that can simplify vitreoretinal surgical maneuvers. These low-vi scosity liquids facilitate injection into the eye and removal from the eye during surgery. Tolerance to perfluoroperhydrophenanthrene and th e development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy with its extended use are not clear. The authors present the clinical and histologic findin gs of a patient, previously lost to follow-up, who was examined after several weeks of intraocular tamponade with perfluoroperhydrophenanthr ene. Damage to the retina was seen in response to the long-term postop erative use of perfluoroperhydrophenanthrene.