Woon WH, Greig D, Savage MD, Spokes D, Skorski S, Thompson GL, Murphy B, Taylor S. Evidence for the aqueous absorption of gas from the eye following vitreoretinal surgery.
Phys Med Biol 2008;
53:3309-16. [PMID:
18523343 DOI:
10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/016]
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Abstract
A standard part of vitrectomy surgery is to inject a bubble of gas into the eye, and an important question for the surgeon and patient alike is to know the volume of the bubble and how long it is likely to last. A related question of considerable importance is the mechanism by which it is absorbed. In this paper, we show how to use patients' measurements of the daily variation of their far points to calculate the changing volume of the bubble and hence the rate of gas absorption throughout the post-operative period. The results show that the rate of absorption contains a term in time squared, indicative of absorption through the exposed surface area of the aqueous fluid rather than via the exposed retina.
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