Lid splitting with lash resection for cicatricial entropion and trichiasis.
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.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004774:Entropion / Q000601:surgery*; D005140:Eyelashes / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods