Modified temporary eyelid margin suture for correction of congenital horizontal tarsal kink:  a novel surgical technique.
OBJECTIVE
Tarsal kink is a rare congenital eyelid anomaly that may lead to corneal opacity and amblyopia secondary to severe entropion. The authors aimed to describe a modified temporary lid margin suture method for tarsal kink correction.


METHODS
In this novel surgical technique, a double-armed 6/0 prolene suture was passed through the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid margins to correct the tarsal kink under topical anesthesia.


RESULTS
The authors found that this procedure was very effective and successful for correction of tarsal kink with no incision of the tarsus or eyelid skin, providing a low risk of amblyopia.


CONCLUSIONS
The modified temporal lid margin suture is a simple, practical, and effective procedure for tarsal kink correction.
Department of Ophthalmology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey. sonerdem2000@yahoo.com
Soner
S
Demirel
Cemal
C
Firat
Penpe Gul
PG
Firat
D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D013536:Suture Techniques