Surgical removal of subfoveal perfluorocarbon liquid using combined flute needle and vacuum aspiration in silicone oil-filled eyes: A novel technique to remove subfoveal PFCL

Surgical removal of subfoveal perfluorocarbon liquid using combined flute needle and vacuum aspiration in silicone oil-filled eyes: A novel technique to remove subfoveal PFCL

We report a procedure using a pressure-controllable flute needle to remove subfoveal retention of perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) under silicone oil. With a two-port pars plana approach, we used a 27-gauge dental injection needle to create a retinotomy at the farthest edge of the PFCL bubble from the...

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Main Authors: Qintuo Pan, Yuxuan Deng, Wencan Wu, Zhenquan Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Flute needle
silicone oil-filled eyes
subfoveal perfluoracarbon liquid
vacuum aspiration
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=10;spage=1463;epage=1465;aulast=Pan

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