Treatment of a lacrimal bulge in blepharoplasty by repositioning the gland.
We advise a simple solution to the problem of the bulging and ptotoic lacrimal gland in a blepharoplasty. A pocket is dissected above and behind the gland, and the gland is fixed there to the orbital periosteum. This technique safely produces a normal contour in the lateral third of the upper eyelid, where a bulge has been present before.
D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic