ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of posture nursing by specially-assigned person and psychological nursing on patients after vitrectomy combined with intraocular silicone oil tamponade. MethodsFrom February 2012 to February 2013, traditional nursing method or posture nursing by specially-assigned person and psychological nursing was carried out respectively for 140 patients who had undergone vitrectomy and intraocular silicone oil tamponade. Adverse effects and retina reattachment effect were compared between the two nursing methods. ResultsAdverse effects after the surgery were significantly fewer in the experimental group than in the control group (P<0.05). The number of patients with retina reattachment in the experimental group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P<0.05). ConclusionPosture nursing by specially-assigned person and psychological nursing reduce postoperative adverse consequences significantly, and achieve the expected operative effect.