“…Although we acknowledge the help of an assistant in such complex procedures, we are also aware of the fact that some incidents wherein subretinal dye injection had occurred were due to accidental forceful dye injection by the assistant, where the surgeon had no control of the dye flow, as documented by Arevalo and Garcia. 3 We agree with the fact that for heavy liquids and triamcinolone the transvitrectomy injection may be a safe method, but in situations where the dye has to be injected in a more controlled manner and where the force of the injection itself may be harmful to the retina, we propose that the backflush technique still holds its merits.…”