Anterior Chamber Silicone Oil Removal With an Air-Infusion System and a Silicone Oil Extractor

Outpatient High-Density Silicone Oil Removal From the Anterior Chamber Using Air

“…Several operative techniques have been reported, such as the use of hyaluronate sodium 1 to passively expulse the oil, an air-infusion system, and a silicone oil extractor with use of a side air pump with simultaneous aspiration of the oil. 2 In situations in which silicone oil has migrated into the anterior chamber soon after surgery, it would be ideal to have it removed without returning to the operating room and without further silicone oil prolapsing forward into the anterior chamber from the vitreous cavity. 3…”