title: [Wide everting suture for involutional lower lid entropion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a wide everting suture technique for involutional lower lid entropion and evaluate the outcomes of the procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  The procedure was performed as a modified Komoto procedure except that a wide suture was placed along the whole inversion lid length using a single nonabsorbable stitch. The criteria for recurrence were eyelashes contacting the cornea and keratopathy. The medical records of patients with a minimum follow-up of 3 months after the surgery were retrospectively examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study included 41 lower eyelids of 36 patients. The mean postoperative follow-up period was 10.8 months (range, 3-30 months). The recurrence rate was 7.3% (3/41). There were no postoperative complications such as ectropion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found the wide everting suture was a simple, quick and minimally-invasive method of treating involutional entropion. Our results suggest that this procedure might correct both vertical and horizontal laxity and be effective for involutional entropion.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. kengoh@mist.ocn.ne.jp
authors: Kengo
authors: K
authors: Hayashi
authors: Kyoko
authors: K
authors: Ohno-Matsui
authors: Muka
authors: M
authors: Moriyama
authors: Wakako
authors: W
authors: Hayashi
authors: Manabu
authors: M
authors: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004774:Entropion / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques