Silicone oil removal from a silicone intraocular lens with perfluorohexyloctane.

Silicone oil can be easily dissolved in vivo from silicone intraocular lenses by perfluorohexyloctane. Using specular microscopy, we examined the corneal endothelium in a patient with silicone lens implantation immediately after cataract surgery and 5 weeks postoperatively. There were no signs of acute or chronic toxicity to the endothelium.