Surgical outcome of involutional lower eyelid entropion correction using transcutaneous everting sutures in Chinese patients

To evaluate the clinical efficacy of transcutaneous everting sutures for lower eyelid involutional entropion in Chinese patients. A retrospective, non-comparative, interventional case series. This retrospective study consecutively reviewed the medical records of all patients with involutional lower...

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Published in:International ophthalmology 2014-08, Vol.34 (4), p.865-868
Main Authors: Tsang, Susanna, Yau, Gordon S. K., Lee, Jacky W. Y., Chu, Aaron T. K., Yuen, Can Y. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
China
Entropion - surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Ophthalmology
Original Paper
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Suture Techniques
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Summary:To evaluate the clinical efficacy of transcutaneous everting sutures for lower eyelid involutional entropion in Chinese patients. A retrospective, non-comparative, interventional case series. This retrospective study consecutively reviewed the medical records of all patients with involutional lower eyelid entropion who underwent transcutaneous everting suture for entropion correction at the Department of Ophthalmology, Caritas Medical Centre, from 1st January 2010 to 31st October 2013. Exclusion criteria included concurrent eyelid pathologies such as malignant tumor, infection, cicatricial entropion, post-operative follow-up period of
ISSN:0165-5701
1573-2630
DOI:10.1007/s10792-013-9893-5