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Silicone oil removal from a silicone intraocular lens with perfluorohexyloctane
D Zeana1, N Schrage, B Kirchhof
1Department of Ophthalmology, University Aachen RWTH, Germany.
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|February 23, 2000
Abstract:
Silicone oil can be easily dissolved in vivo from silicone intraocular lenses by perfluorohexyloctane. Using specular microscopy, we examined the corneal endothelium in a patient with silicone lens implantation immediately after cataract surgery and 5 weeks postoperatively. There were no signs of acute or chronic toxicity to the endothelium.