Why does the corrective procedure of the ectropion work for repairing the entropion?
BACKGROUND
The accepted standard for the correction of involutional entropion has not been well established. This is our search for the reasonable answer for our dilemma. For the correction of involutional entropion, we have applied the modified Kuhnt-Szymanowski-Smith method. It brought the best result compared with other various procedures.


METHODS
This report is a retrospective interventional case series of all consecutive patients with the lower-eyelid involutional entropion. They were operated exclusively by the same author with the modified Kuhnt-Szymanowski-Smith method, which was originally reported for the corrective procedure for ectropion.


RESULTS
In total, 27 patients underwent surgical repair with the modified Kuhnt-Szymanowski-Smith method. There were 15 men and 12 women with a mean age of 77 years (range, 70-91 years). There was no case of recurrence following the primary procedure during 20 months of the mean follow-up period (18-36 months).


CONCLUSIONS
From our experience, this is one of the procedures to be considered for involutional entropion. It is not only safe, simple, and effective but also requires short operative time.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan. asamura@med.kindai.ac.jp
Shinichi
S
Asamura
Koichi
K
Chichikawa
Hitoshi
H
Nishiwaki
Taku
T
Tokui
Noritaka
N
Isogai
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery*; D004774:Entropion / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome