[Results of the treatment of retinal detachment by intrascleral buckling using the Schepens method]

Fifty two patients (53 eyes) with retinal detachment were operated by Schepens' method with the intrascleral silicone implantation technique, differing from the classical Schepens' method particularly in cerclage operations. The tightening band nearly along its total course (except of the rectus muscles) runs intrasclerally. The authors achieved an anatomical reapposition in 79% of operated cases.