“Heavy oil” for intraocular tamponade in retinal detachment surgery

First developed by Chang and colleagues, 2 perfluorocarbon liquids are invaluable tools for manipulating the retina and displacing subretinal fluid intraoperatively. [...]in a preliminary report of a prospective, uncontrolled pilot study, PFO has been tested in primary RD repair as a medium term tamponade agent for approximately 2 weeks in duration. 4 Success rates with medium term PFO were encouraging, and significant retinal toxicity was not observed, but incomplete removal of PFO was an issue, as was cataract formation and glaucoma.