Results of silicone oil removal from eyes treated with retinectomies.

We reviewed the results of silicone oil removal from 32 eyes that had been treated with peripheral retinectomies during vitrectomy for retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. With a minimum follow-up of 6 months, 3 developed a retinal detachment after silicone oil removal. Twenty-eight eyes attained a final visual acuity of 0.1 or better and 15 eyes attained 0.2 or better. Only in 3 eyes was visual acuity decreased after silicone oil removal, whereas 20 eyes showed an improvement in vision. One eye was hypotonous and 11 eyes required antiglaucomatous agents at the last examination. Final visual acuity as well as final intraocular pressure did not correlate with either the retinectomy size or with the duration of the silicone oil tamponade.