[Cerclage of the eyeball: indications and results].

One hundred and seventy five cerclage operations had been performed in the last 5 years; this was 85 times connected with an extrascleral invagination, Paufique's pocket was applied in 3 cases of macular holes and additionally in 3 cases an injection of SF6 gas was used. The operation was performed in 5 aphakic eyes and in 71 myopic eyes. Cerclage had been used 94 times as a first approach, in 15 cases it was a reoperation. Cerclage with an extrascleral implant had been used in 81 cases (in 15 cases as a reoperation). Reattachment of the retina was attained in 127 cases (73.7%). The most frequent cause of failure was the impossibility of finding the hole or an intense vitreoretinopathy.