[Effect of scleral buckling on ocular tone]

Having examined in literature the intraocular pressure changings due to periocular encirclement, the Authors analyse a casenstry of 135 eyeballs in which a silicone band encirclement was performed. They conclude emphasizing the hypotonizing action of this technique, due to ciliary body ischemia, hypothesizing the use of this surgical technique in case of neovascular glaucoma.