title: Senile entropion - cure rate by retractor tightening and horizontal shortening.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In order to clarify the efficiency of two operations aimed at curing the principal causes of senile entropion, a consecutive series of patients were examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 19 lids, the lower lid retractors were tightened transcutaneously and in 45 a simultaneous horizontal lid shortening was performed. Surgery was uneventful in all cases. The patients were reexamined 7-53 months after surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the group with mere retractor surgery were five recurrences; all lids that also had a horizontal shortening were satisfactorily cured.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lower eyelid retractor tightening with simultaneous horizontal shortening of the lid is recommended to correct senile operation with a lasting result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hedin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D004774:Entropion / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology