title: A new technique for medial canthal tendon fixation.
abstract: Traumas resulting from naso-orbitoethmoidal fractures and tumor surgery of the medial canthal region may cause orbital dystopia. A variety of techniques with many disadvantages, such as detachment and high cost, has been described for reattachment of medial canthal tendon. We present a new technique, namely, unitransnasal canthoplasty, which is easy to apply, cheap, and reliable. Two nonabsorbable sutures were passed through 2 drill holes to the nasal cavity, taken out from the nasal ostium, and were tied up. Upper and lower eyelids were fixed to the ipsilateral nasal bone.
authors.affiliation: Sişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gürsel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Ozay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozkaya
authors.forename: Ali Tufan
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Soydan
authors.forename: Lütfü
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baş
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome