The People's Hospital of Hubei Province Successfully Performs the Surgery of the Third-generation Foldable Capsular Vitreous Body (FCVB)
Release time: Apr 28,2025
FCVB is a new technology for preserving the eyeball, providing a new treatment method for patients with severe retinal detachment, eye trauma, and silicone oil-dependent eyes, which is of great significance for saving the patient's eyeball.
On April 25, the People's Hospital of Hubei Province successfully carried out the surgery of the third-generation foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB). Professor Chen Yuanyuan implanted the third-generation FCVB for a patient with silicone oil-dependent eyes, offering hope. FCVB is a new technology for preserving the eyeball, providing a new treatment method for patients with severe retinal detachment, eye trauma, and silicone oil-dependent eyes, which is of great significance for saving the patient's eyeball.
Overview of the Condition The patient is a 33-year-old male who accidentally injured his eye four months ago. He was urgently sent to the People's Hospital of Hubei Province, where a vitrectomy and silicone oil filling surgery was performed. Regular reexaminations were carried out after the operation. Recently, the team led by Professor Chen Yuanyuan found that the patient's corneal endothelium was decompensated and the eye was slightly atrophied. Due to the severe injury, the patient developed silicone oil-dependent eyes. In the case of silicone oil-dependent eyes, because the natural vitreous is irreparable, when vitreoretinal diseases occur, the natural vitreous must be surgically removed, and a suitable artificial vitreous substitute needs to be filled. Currently, silicone oil is mainly used as the filler in clinical practice. However, long-term silicone oil filling is likely to lead to a series of postoperative complications, such as complicated cataract, secondary glaucoma, corneal degeneration, silicone oil emulsification. In some patients, the filled silicone oil may even migrate under the retina, to the optic nerve, or into the cranial cavity, causing demyelination of the optic nerve fibers, leading to permanent vision loss and even symptoms related to the cranial nerves. In some cases, the eyeball may atrophy or the eyeball may be removed and an artificial eye implanted, which will affect the patient's appearance and thus have an impact on their life, work, and mental health.
△ The eyes in the state of silicone oil-dependent eyes
Considering that the patient's eyeball had already atrophied and the patient was reluctant to undergo repeated surgeries, after fully communicating with the patient and his family, Professor Chen suggested that the surgery of the third-generation foldable artificial vitreous balloon (FCVB) could be carried out to preserve the eyeball. After the patient implanted the third-generation FCVB, the anterior chamber was of moderate depth, the aqueous humor was transparent, and the balloon was in the correct position. The patient was satisfied with the postoperative effect and expressed deep gratitude to Professor Chen, and was discharged from the hospital smoothly.
Postoperative examination showed that the retinal holes in the right eye were located on the indentation position and attached well, and the rest of the examination results were basically the same as before.
