title: Wedge resection of eyelid margin in the treatment of abnormal eyelid margins.
abstract: Widened, hypertrophic, erythematous eyelid margins occasionally occur secondary to congenital anomalies or previous surgical procedures. When a full-thickness resection of the eyelid is not possible because of horizontal tightness of the lid, it is possible to excise a wedge of the eyelid margin itself. This procedure was successful in decreasing widened, hypertrophic, erythematous eyelid margins in three patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D003103:Coloboma / Q000601:surgery*; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D013524:Surgical Flaps