The Influence of Silicone Oil on Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness After Pars Plana Vitrectomy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the influence of silicone oil on thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer by using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients following pars plana vitrectomy.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital "Sestre Milosrdnice"
• Treatments: Brimonidine Tartrate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Exclusion Criteria:

• preexistent glaucoma

• previous retinal surgery

• placement of scleral buckle during surgery

• patients with more than 1/2 of emulsified silicone oil in anterior chamber postoperatively

• patients who develop silicone oil keratopathy postoperatively

• patients who develop silicone oil cataract which blocks visualization of posterior segment