Abstract
Ever since Cibis first introduced silicone oil (SO) intraocularly to treat complicated retinal detachment (1962), polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been practically the only silicone oil used for this purpose. Reports on intraocular application of other types of SO, e.g. fluorinated SO or phenyl SO, are few, and the results are still inconclusive.
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© 1987 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Živojnović, R. (1987). Physical properties of silicone oil. In: Silicone Oil in Vitreoretinal Surgery. Monographs in Ophthalmology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3321-7_4
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