INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGING OF RETAINED PERFLUOROCARBON LIQUID USING SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2019;13(4):381-384
Date
06/27/2017Pubmed ID
28650920DOI
10.1097/ICB.0000000000000607Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85072745799 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 4 CitationsAbstract
PURPOSE: To report images of retained perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) on the surface of the retina obtained during an intraoperative use of hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography.
METHODS: A 54-year-old man underwent pars plana vitrectomy with injection of PFCL to repair retinal detachment. Postoperatively, visually significant PFCL droplets were found to be retained in the eye. During the surgical removal of PFCL, a hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography was used to image the retina with the patient supine.
RESULTS: Spectral domain optical coherence tomography images of the retained PFCL illustrated magnification of the areas of the outer retina underlying PFCL bubbles. The images obtained had some similarities to the patient's own observation of "floaters."
CONCLUSION: Droplets of PFCL over the retina result in imaging artifact, most likely due to a lensing effect caused by differences in refractive index between the PFCL and vitreous humor. Although the utility of hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography for infants has previously been established, this case presents further application of spectral domain optical coherence tomography in adults when imaging in the supine position is required.
Author List
Strampe MR, Kaehr MM, Carroll J, Kim JEAuthor
Joseph J. Carroll PhD Director, Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
EndotamponadeFluorocarbons
Humans
Intraoperative Period
Male
Middle Aged
Retina
Retinal Detachment
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Visual Acuity
Vitrectomy
