The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility, primary safety and efficacy of foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) in the treatment of retinal detachment.
Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) has been one of the most important ophthalmic surgeries for treating a number of blinding diseases by removing and replacing the diseased vitreous body. Current clinic vitreous substitute cannot mimic the natural vitreous which is unable to regenerate after surgery. We have devised a novel foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) consisting of a vitreous-like capsule with a tube-valve system, and demonstrated it could finely mimic the morphology and restore main physiological function of the natural vitreous body in our previous study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
15
the vitreous cavity is tamponaded with the foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) after PPV
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Complete retinal reattach rate at the three years after implantation of the silicone-filled FCVB
FCVBs filled with balanced salt solution (BSS) were removed from all 11 cases, however, the risk of retinal redetachment and blindness rises after earlier FCVB removal. Approved by the Sun Yat-sen University Medical Ethics Committee, the removal of the FCVB will be decided by doctors depending on the conditions of eye. The eyes implanted with the silicone oil-filled FCVB are still under observation.
Time frame: three years after implantation of the FCVB
visual acuity, intraocular pressure, axial length, ocular inflammatory response, the number of corneal endothelial, anterior chamber angle and ciliary body change, morphological changes of the ocular and FCVB.
FCVBs filled with BSS were removed from all 11 cases, however, the risk of retinal redetachment and blindness rises after earlier FCVB removal. Approved by the Sun Yat-sen University Medical Ethics Committee, the removal of the FCVB will be decided by doctors depending on the conditions of eye. The eyes implanted with the FCVB and silicone oil are still under observation.
Time frame: Before surgery, 3days,1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, 2.5 years and 3 years after surgery, and 3 months after the removal of the FCVB
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