title: Modified vertical mattress technique for eyelid margin repair.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Eyelid margin repair requires meticulous technique to avoid trichiasis, inadequate cosmesis, and eye injury.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to describe a simplified repair technique for simple eyelid margin defects.
  
  
  METHODS
  A simplified technique for eyelid margin repair using a vertical mattress suture just posterior to the gray line is described.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This simplified technique allows for excellent eyelid margin repair with a low incidence of notching and a high level of cosmetic satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Eyelid margin repair using an absorbable vertical mattress suture allows for excellent wound healing and cosmesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. perryj1@ccf.org
authors.forename: Julian D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Claudia Lorena
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuchtey
mesh_terms: D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques