A new lid clamp.

Tarsorrhaphy lid clamp.

Tarsorrhaphy is finding increasing indications because of the resultant improvement in comeal metabolic activity and also the protective cover given to the cornea. Different techniques' have been described for performing the tarsorrhaphy, but the basic principle remains the same. It is to produce adhesions between the 2 lid margins by creating a raw intermarginal strip on the 2 lids. Tarsorrhap...

A New Eyelid Clamp

A new bronchus clamp.

Bronchus clamps for use in lung resection have never been entirely satisfactory. The very large number of models available make this plain. When lung resection presents no problems almost any model of bronchus clamp is suitable. In a technically difficult situation all have shortcomings. The basic requirements of a bronchus clamp are: 1. It must be easy to pass with the minimum of dissection of...

A new stomach clamp.

An efficient stomach clamp is one which exerts an even and sufficient pressure across the whole width of the stomach without causing undue trauma at any one point. Very few stomach clamps at present obtainable fulfil these conditions satisfactorily because they ate mainly constructed on the ' bow handle ' principle, or are of the crushing type. All clamps of this type necessarily exert most pre...

A case of primary lid tuberculosis after upper lid blepharoplasty.

Primary lid tuberculosis after lid surgery is a very rare condition and is likely caused by the introduction of bacilli through epithelial injury. Secondary infection, due to direct hematogenous spread or contiguous spread from adjacent structures are more common presentations of lid tuberculosis. The authors experienced a case of primary lid tuberculosis occurring in a 19 year old female after...