BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The current study describes the treatment outcomes in patients with endophthalmitis and concurrent or delayed-onset retinal detachment managed with pars plana vitrectomy, intravitreal antibiotics, and silicone oil. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this noncomparative, retrospective case series, the medical records of patients diagnosed with endophthalmitis and retinal detachme...

  Despite promising results observed using silicone rubber chamber, no previous comprehensive work was performed on behavior of the conduit. Present study aimed at further functional, histomorphometrical and immunohistochemical assessment of nerve regeneration in the same animal along a 10-mm rat sciatic nerve gap. Fifty- four male Wistar rats were divided into three experimental groups (n = 1...

L'hypopion inverse se voit parfois après une vitrectomie postérieure avec tamponnement par de l'huile de silicone, quand l'huile s'émulsifie, il passe dans la chambre antérieure et s'installe au sommet de la chambre antérieure. Comparer à l'hypopion où les leucocytes se précipitent au fond de la chambre antérieure ; et ceci est dû à l'effet de gravité, d'où le nom d'hypopion inverse. Le traitem...

113003-1 We have made regionally specific measurement of the hyperfine polarization hS Ii of 87Rb atoms in the vicinity ( 10 5 cm) of coated and uncoated Pyrex glass surfaces. We find that the polarization near an uncoated surface decreases rapidly with decreasing distance from the surface whereas for a silicone-coated surface the polarization is independent of the distance from the surface. We...

Table 1. The eflect of norvaline on citrulline synthesis Rat liver mitochondria (3.0 mg of protein/ml) were incubated in a medium containing lOOmM-KcI, 50mM-Tris/HCI, 1 mMEGTA, 1 mM-ATP, 20m~-succinate, 2pg of rotenone/ml, 5 mM-potassium phosphate, 16.6 mM-KHCO,, 10 mM-NH,CI and 3 m~-[~‘Clornithine (0.5 pCi/ml). After 4 min, mitochondria were separated from the suspending medium by silicone-oil...

Abstract Solar-driven interfacial evaporators are very promising for obtaining clean water, but suffer from serious performance degradation due to salt-fouling, low evaporation rate under weak illumination and water collection rate. Here, we report highly salt-resistant all-weather with photothermal electrothermal effects based on the Janus graphene@silicone sponges opposing wettability. The ac...

Liquid silicone is inexpensive, minimally antigenic, and likely noncarcinogenic. Its simplicity of use has made it popular as a soft-tissue filler in some parts of the world for patients seeking rapid soft-tissue augmentation of the face, breast, and buttocks. However, multiple reports describe the complications of silicone injections such as cellulitis, abscess, ulceration, and foreign body mi...

Exhaled breath condensate collection is not yet standardised and biomarker measurements are often close to lower detection limits. In the current study, it was hypothesised that adhesive properties of different condenser coatings interfere with measurements of eicosanoids and proteins in breath condensate. In vitro, condensate was derived from a collection model using two test solutions (8-isop...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy and silicone oil injection for the treatment of infectious endophthalmitis. METHODS 35 cases of endophthalmitis secondary to phacoemulsification (20 patients), trabeculectomy (8 patients), perforating trauma (2 patients), trauma (2 patients), corneal transplantation (1 patient), vitrectomy (1 patient) and corneal ulceration (1 patient)...