title: [A conjunctival pulling-back technique for treatment of serious symblepharon].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Opthalmology, Nafang Hospital, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Fa-ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bing-song
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Jun-feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhang-chao
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: 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