Low-Viscosity Heavy Silicone Oil Endotamponade for Complex Inferior Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments.

The median patient age was 66 years, and 39.5% of the patients were female.

All 123 eyes had inferior RRDs; 42.3% had a history of prior retinal detachment, 85.4% had proliferative vitreoretinopathy grade C/D, and 67.5% had macula-off retinal detachments.

Complications before oil removal included anterior chamber dispersion (11.4%) and retinal breaks (4.1%).

After oil removal, complications included anterior chamber dispersion requiring washout (15.5%), cataract formation (13.8%), posterior capsular opacification (15.5%), hypotony (8.1%), intraocular inflammation (4%), temporary macular thinning (4%), and emulsification (2%).