Lid splitting with lash resection for cicatricial entropion and trichiasis

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 1992;8(4):287-9. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199212000-00008.

Abstract

Lid margin splitting at the gray line with resection of the lash-bearing anterior lamella of the eyelid is a simple and effective treatment for cicatricial entropion and trichiasis. Twenty-six patients underwent this procedure with good results.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Entropion / surgery*
  • Eyelashes / surgery*
  • Eyelids / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Surgery, Plastic / methods