Large upper eyelid coloboma repair: a one-stage, one-site technique.
Current techniques for repairing large eyelid colobomas require preparation of other tissue sites and occasionally more than one procedure. We present a technique that requires only one procedure and is limited to the colobomatous eyelid; in addition, it is specifically designed to help avoid postoperative astigmatic and obstructive amblyopia. Outcomes are demonstrated in 3 cases of hemifacial microsomia. Large colobomas on the upper eyelid can be successfully and aesthetically repaired with only one procedure, incising only the congenitally abnormal eyelid.
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lora R
LR
Dagi Glass
Department of Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: alexandra.elliott@childrens.harvard.edu.
Alexandra T
AT
Elliott
D003103:Coloboma / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011098:Polyglactin 910; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
D011098:Polyglactin 910