title: Temporary management of involutional entropion with octyl-2-cyanoacrylate liquid bandage application.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the use of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate liquid bandage (Band-Aid liquid, Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey, USA) as a temporary treatment in patients awaiting surgical repair for involutional entropion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirteen patients (15 eyelids) with involutional entropion were evaluated while they waited for surgical intervention. The lids were repositioned by the application of octyl-2-cyanoacrylate liquid bandage in the malar fold. Patients were followed-up at days 1, 7 and 15. Assessment and duration of correction were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients presented successful correction at day 1, with significant improvements in signs and symptoms. The mean duration of action of the octyl2-cyanoacrylate liquid bandage was three days. No ocular or dermatological reactions were noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Octyl-2-cyanoacrylate liquid bandage showed to be a simple, safe and effective option to temporarily treat involutional entropion, while patients waited for surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Vision Institute, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. teissyosaki@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Teissy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Midori Hentona
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Tammy Hentona
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Osaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004774:Entropion / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; C100832:octyl 2-cyanoacrylate