[A conjunctival pulling-back technique for treatment of serious symblepharon].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate a new technique for treatment of the symblepharon caused by physical and chemical burn.


METHODS
Thirty-eight patients with 40 eyes were undergoing the treatment. It was carried out to reconstruct the conjunctival fornix by pulling the remained conjunctive backward from the corneal limbus in serious stages.


RESULTS
Thirty-eight patients (40 eyes) were treated with this technique, with the successful results of 13 patients (13 eyes) in 2 times, 19 patients (21 eyes) in 3 and 6 patients (6 eyes) in 1. Only one case was failure.


CONCLUSIONS
The above mentioned technique could be a safe and effective way for treatment of symblepharen.
Huang
Fa-ming
FM
Department of Opthalmology, Nafang Hospital, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Dong
Bing-song
BS
Zhao
Jun-feng
JF
Hu
Zhang-chao
ZC
D000650:Amnion; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000150:complications*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy