title: New surgical therapy for conjunctival lymphangiectasia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report 7 cases of conjunctival lymphangiectasia, introduce a simple operation method and discuss the result of the pathological examination.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical data including medical history, physical examination, previous surgery history were collected in 7 patients with conjunctival lymphangiectasia. Ocular data including visual acuity, Slit-lamp biomicroscopy were released, as were results of histopathology studies. Surgical method was also introduced by video.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven eyes of 7 patients (4 male and 3 female) with biopsy-proven conjunctival lymphangiectasia underwent the resection. Despite different surgical intervention, the optima method has been founding to treatment conjunctival lymphangiectasia. It is to reduce recurrence that the most concerned problem. In these 7 cases reported, patients kept healthy for 18 months without any one recurrence, whose visual acuity were not affected. Pathological report showed cystic tissue consists of squamous epithelium with significant hyperplasia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This operation method is simple and easy to complete, as it is deserved to accept for surgeons and patients on the basis of its advantages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Excimer Laser Center, Clinical Division of Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ji-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Gai-Ping
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yi-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang