The Use of Liquid Silicone in Retinal Detachment Surgery

Introduction

Silicone rubber has been widely used as implant material in plastic surgery and in retinal detachment procedures.¹Liquid silicone was first injected into the vitreous cavity of rabbits by Stone,²who reported that silicone fluids of various viscosities were well tolerated and produced "very little change in the rabbit eyes over a period of two years." He went on to predict that it might be possible to...