title: Use of cyanoacrylate glue for temporary tarsorrhaphy in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Congenital anophthalmia and postenucleation socket contracture are difficult conditions that require serial socket expansion with the use of hydrogel expanders and custom-made conformers along with temporary tarsorrhaphy.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors undertook a part prospective case review of all children undergoing temporary tarsorrhaphy using cyanoacrylate glue over a 3-year period at a tertiary specialist children's hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  They report a series of 7 children undergoing temporary tarsorrhaphy with cyanoacrylate glue instead of the conventional suturing technique. Indications were socket expansion (n = 4), fornix deepening (n = 2), prosthesis reposition, and prolapsed conjunctiva following enucleation (n = 1).The age range was 3 weeks to 14 years (mean, 2.7 years). The glue tarsorrhaphy lasted between 0.5 and 13 weeks (mean, 4.5 weeks). There were no adverse outcomes, and the glue tarsorrhaphy was tolerated well in all cases, with relative ease of reapplication of glue in clinic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Their study demonstrates that this technique allows quick and efficient temporary tarsorrhaphy with relative ease of reapplication in a clinic setting, avoiding the need for multiple general anesthetics.
authors.affiliation: *Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane; and †The National Artificial Eye Service, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Dipti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCalla
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Squires
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parulekar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020273:Orbital Implants; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D014014:Tissue Adhesives