Purpose: To verify the intraocular pressure (IOP) from patients submitted to a scleral buckling procedure and to verify a relationship between associated intravitreal injection of perfluoropropane (C3F8) and higher levels of IOP.
Methods: The data from thirty five patients who underwent a scleral buckling procedure between July 1998 and December 1999 were retrospectively analyzed, regarding the use or not of intravitreal C3F8 and regarding the IOP measured in the following post-operative (PO) times: first day, 1 week and 1 month after (late measure) scleral buckling.
Results: There was a statistically significant difference (p<0,001) between the first post-operative day IOP value and the late IOP one, and there was no difference between the first PO day IOP and the 1-week PO IOP values. There was also no statistical difference in the IOP post-operatives values between the patients who C3F8 was injected intravitreouslly and those who were not.
Conclusion: The level of IOP in patients after scleral buckling is higher in the close post-operative period and it is not related to the intravitreal use of C3F8.