Prevalence of silicone oil droplets in eyes treated with intravitreal injection.

Gustavo Barreto MeloCelso de Souza Dias JuniorFábio Barreto MoraisAlexandre Lima CardosoAna Galrão Almeida FigueiredoAcácio Alves Souza Lima FilhoEduardo Büchele RodriguesGeoffrey Guy EmersonMaurício Maia

Published in: International journal of retina and vitreous (2019)

Silicone oil droplets were found in the majority of the eyes previously treated with antiangiogenic intravitreal injection. The greater the number of injections, the higher the likelihood of finding silicone oil. An improvement in the technique of injection and better-quality syringes post-injection silicone oil droplets.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fatty acid
optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
risk factors