Surgical procedure that repairs a retinal detachment by indenting, or buckling the sclera inward, usually by sewing a piece of preserved sclera or silicone rubber to the scleral surface. This pushes choroid and pigment epithelium closer to the retina and helps relax the vitreous tug on the retinal surface. See Free Eye Tests.

a surgical procedure used to repair a detached retina, it involves placing a band of silicone - like a best - around the sclera, or white of the eye.

a silicone implant or flexible band placed around the equator of the eye which “squeezes” the eye inward and to counterbalance any force pulling the retina out of place