[Value of studying the intraocular pressure in patients operated on for retinal detachment]

The IOP was checked in 263 eyes operated for retinal detachment--before, during and after surgery. Statistically lower values of the IOP were observed in eyes with retinal detachment in comparison with the healthy fellow-eye and in cases with an extensive and prominent detachment. There was no interdependence between the values of the IOP--even showing considerable oscillations--and the occurrence of complications, the normalization of the postoperative IOP and the results of the treatment. The measurements of the IOP in the course of retinal detachment operation may have a significance in determining the indications for a drainage of the subretinal fluid and in evaluation of the degree of the retinal invagination.