Morphological study was performed in enucleated eyes with chronic uveitis and phthisis bulbi in patients after vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade. Silicone oil as a foreign substance was showed to aggravate chronic inflammation that results in intraocular sclerotic processes.
E P Solov'eva, S A Muslimov. Silicone oil tamponade as a risk factor of complications]. Vestnik oftalmologii. 2013 May-Jun;129(3):28-31
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