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  • Title: Senile entropion - cure rate by retractor tightening and horizontal shortening.
    Author: Hedin A.
    Journal: Acta Ophthalmol Scand; 1997 Aug; 75(4):443-6. PubMed ID: 9374258.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: In order to clarify the efficiency of two operations aimed at curing the principal causes of senile entropion, a consecutive series of patients were examined. MATERIAL: In 19 lids, the lower lid retractors were tightened transcutaneously and in 45 a simultaneous horizontal lid shortening was performed. Surgery was uneventful in all cases. The patients were reexamined 7-53 months after surgery. RESULTS: In the group with mere retractor surgery were five recurrences; all lids that also had a horizontal shortening were satisfactorily cured. CONCLUSION: Lower eyelid retractor tightening with simultaneous horizontal shortening of the lid is recommended to correct senile operation with a lasting result.
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