Tarsal polishing and mucous membrane grafting for cicatricial entropion, trichiasis and epidermalization.
In a manner similar to dermabrasion, epidermalized tarsal conjunctiva is polished and then the tarsus is grafted with full-thickness buccal mucous membrane. This has been applied with rewarding results in patients afflicted with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, ocular pemphigoid and scarred eyelids with secondary epidermalization.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004774:Entropion / Q000601:surgery; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000637:transplantation; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013536:Suture Techniques