Stellate rhytidectomy: superior entropion repair in a dog with excessive facial skin.
A four-year-old Chinese shar pei was presented for entropion repair that had not been corrected adequately with two prior Hotz-Celsus procedures. The primary cause for the failure was the weight of the excessive, superior facial folds often found in this breed. A new technique is presented to measure and remove these folds in a stellate pattern by following natural stress lines, thus effecting surgical repair of the superior lid entropion.
Stuhr
C M
CM
Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
Stanz
K
K
Murphy
C J
CJ
McAnulty
J
J
D000818:Animals; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D004774:Entropion / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005145:Face; D008297:Male; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*