Scleral buckling is a surgical procedure used to repair a retinal detachment. Learn more about when you need it, how to prepare for the surgery, and the long-term outlook.

Scleral buckling is where surgeons attach small pieces of silicone, called buckles, to a person’s sclera. Scleral buckling procedures are complex, and there are many different ways to carry out ...

Scleral buckling is a surgical procedure used to repair a retinal detachment. The scleral, or the white of the eye, is the outer supporting layer of the eyeball. In this surgery, ...

Scleral buckling versus primary vitrectomy in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment study (SPR study): multiple-event analysis of risk factors for reoperations. SPR Study report no. 4.

To evaluate the outcome of scleral buckling surgery in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with subretinal proliferation. In this retrospective study, a chart review of all ...

Dr. Michael Kapusta, MD, FRSCS, Ophthalmologist, talks about retinal detachment and scleral buckle repair as a treatment. VideoElephant - Video Posted: April 9, 2025 | Last updated: April 9, 2025 ...

Purpose: To report on the usefulness of combined Baerveldt glaucoma implantation (BGI) and scleral buckling surgery for patients with glaucoma requiring a scleral buckle for retinal detachment ...

The use of adjunctive scleral buckling during vitrectomy for retinal detachment associated with inferior breaks has been the recent focus of some debate. It has been suggested that any benefit ...

Scleral contact lenses are larger than the cornea. Most are 14 to 24 millimeters in diameter. They vault over the cornea and rest on the sclera, the tough, white part of the eye.

We retrospectively evaluated the outcome of simultaneous scleral buckle and BGI surgery for patients with glaucoma requiring a scleral buckle for retinal detachment repair over a 10-year period ...