title: The tarsal sandwich: a new technique in lateral canthoplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Trauma and infection sometimes produce lower lid malpositions that are difficult to repair cosmetically with standard canthoplasty techniques. A new variation is described.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical techniques of the tarsal strip canthoplasty and of lateral tarsorrhaphy are combined into the tarsal sandwich.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Representative cases with preoperative and postoperative photos are presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sandwich technique allows the surgeon more flexibility in achieving the necessary vertical lift of the lateral canthus in difficult cases of entropion, ectropion, and lagophthalmos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hesse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications; D004483:Ectropion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004774:Entropion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013536:Suture Techniques