Heavy Silicone Oil as an Internal Tamponade

In this issue of the Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology, Lashay and coauthors have presented a very meticulous and instructive article on Surgical Outcomes of Complicated Retinal Detachments using Heavy Silicone Oil as an Internal Tamponade (pages: 25-30). The authors have performed a complete pars plana vitrectomy, membrane peeling and injection of heavy silicone and endolaser in 55 eyes with complicated retinal detachment. They have obtained a significant improvement in the visual acuity of their patients (P=0.005) and claim that the functional results obtained in their study are consistent with previous reports of using heavy silicone oil in similar cases