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Silicone Oil Tamponade-Retina Contact in Highly Myopic Eyes With and Without Encircling Bands: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study.

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Purpose

To investigate the behavior of silicone oil (SiO) at a steady equilibrium and during saccades in pseudophakic highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma with and without an encircling band and compare it to behavior in emmetropic eyes. The SiO-retina contact area and shear stress were calculated by computational fluid dynamics.

Methods

A numerical model of an emmetropic eye and a myopic eye with and without scleral band underwent a saccade of 50°/0.137 s. The vitreous chamber surface was divided into superior and inferior 180° sectors: lens, pre-equator, post-equator, and macula. SiO-retina contact was evaluated as a function of fill percentages between 80% and 90% for standing, 45° upward tilt, and supine patients. Maximum and average shear stress were calculated.

Results

Overall, SiO-retina contact ranged between 40% and 83%; fill percentage varied between 80% and 95%. Neither the encircling scleral band nor the staphyloma significantly affected the SiO-retina contact area, although the presence of a scleral band proved disadvantageous when gazing 45° upward. The inferior retina-SiO contact remained below 40% despite 95% SiO fill. The SS significantly increased at the scleral band indentation and decreased elsewhere. The staphyloma greatly reduced shear stress at the macula.

Conclusions

The presence of a myopic staphyloma reduces shear stress at the macula but does not alter SiO-retina contact significantly. The apposition of a 360° scleral band may reduce SiO-retina contact at least in some postures and increases the SS at the indentation.

Translational relevance

Assessing SiO-retina contact when vitreous chamber geometry changes according to pathologic or iatrogenic modifications allows accurate prediction of real-life tamponade behavior and helps explain surgical outcomes.

SUBMITTER: Rossi T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9172018 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Silicone Oil Tamponade-Retina Contact in Highly Myopic Eyes With and Without Encircling Bands: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study.

Rossi Tommaso T Querzoli Giorgio G Badas Maria Grazia MG Angius Federico F Ripandelli Guido G

Translational vision science & technology 20220601 6

<h4>Purpose</h4>To investigate the behavior of silicone oil (SiO) at a steady equilibrium and during saccades in pseudophakic highly myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma with and without an encircling band and compare it to behavior in emmetropic eyes. The SiO-retina contact area and shear stress were calculated by computational fluid dynamics.<h4>Methods</h4>A numerical model of an emmetropic eye and a myopic eye with and without scleral band underwent a saccade of 50°/0.137 s. The vitreous ch ...[more]

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Silicone Oil Tamponade-Retina Contact in Highly Myopic Eyes With and Without Encircling Bands: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study.

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Translational relevance

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Silicone Oil Tamponade-Retina Contact in Highly Myopic Eyes With and Without Encircling Bands: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study.

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