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International Ophthalmology
|June 1, 1987
Abstract:
We unfolded and attached a giant retinal tear with an inverted edge using fluorosilicone oil while the patient was in the supine position. The advantages of high viscosity (10,000 centistokes) and specific gravity (1.31) fluorosilicone are discussed in this paper.

