title: Height of the tarsus of the lower eyelid.
abstract: The vertical height of the lower eyelid tarsus of 20 patients submitting to lower eyelid resections and the lower tarsus of 17 cadavers was 3.7 mm (+/- 0.3) and 3.9 mm (+/- 0.5), respectively. The average value found in our patients was statistically different (P less than .05) than the values of 5 to 7 mm reported previously. The lower tarsus should be clearly identified in procedures involving eyelid repair or eyelid reconstruction so that tension-bearing sutures can be placed through the tarsus.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D002102:Cadaver; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged