A contribution to the surgery of the trachomatous entropion and trichiasis.
Although the WHO document WHO/PBL/93.29 recommends the bilamellar tarsal rotation operation for trachomatous entropion, we will describe another operation that has proved to be very reliable. It is a combined method, consisting of the modified tarsal wedge resection and the eversion splinting-grey line incision. A possible additional correction of the grey line incision on the first postoperative day improves the results. A total of 708 eyes with moderate trachomatous entropion and major trichiasis underwent this surgery, but only 508 of these were followed up during a 6-month period. The rate of failed operations, which consisted of incomplete closure of the lids or more than two inverted lashes remaining, was 6.9%.
Bujger
Zdenko
Z
Department of Ophthalmology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Cerovski
Branimir
B
Kovacevic
Suzana
S
Nasic
Mirjana
M
Pokupec
Rajko
R
Tojagic
Miljenka
M
D004774:Entropion / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005140:Eyelashes; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014141:Trachoma / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome