Lateral cantholysis for cataract surgery.
A patient with narrow palpebral aperture who required an elaborate lateral cantholysis prior to uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery is described. Surgery was followed by a lateral tarsal strip procedure to reattach the lower lid.
Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Eye Infirmary, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
Sreekumari
S
Pushpoth
Katya
K
Tambe
Soupramanien
S
Sandramouli
D000368:Aged; D019882:Blepharoplasty; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D008947:Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Q000150:complications; D018918:Phacoemulsification