Medical canthal resection: an effective long-term cure for medial ectropion.
The results of 37 medial canthal resection procedures performed for the correction of severe paralytic or involutional medial ectropion are presented with an average follow-up of 5.4 years. Epiphora was improved in 33 out of the 37 cases and all but one patient had an anatomically improved lid-globe apposition, medial canthal angle, and posterofixation of the medial canthus. These results confirmed the long-term value of the operation.
Sullivan
T J
TJ
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
Collin
J R
JR
D000368:Aged; D004483:Ectropion / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies