title: Medical canthal resection: an effective long-term cure for medial ectropion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Collin
mesh_terms: 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