Posterior lamellar tarsal rotation technique in entropion with upper eyelid trichiasis
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Posterior lamellar versus bilamellar tarsal rotation surgery for trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia: a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND Eyelid surgery is done to correct trachomatous trichiasis to prevent blindness. However, recurrent trichiasis is frequent. Two procedures are recommended by WHO and are in routine practice: bilamellar tarsal rotation (BLTR) and posterior lamellar tarsal rotation (PLTR). This study was done to identify which procedure gives the better results. METHODS A randomised, controlled, singl...
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the SAFE strategy for avoiding blindness and pain from trachoma. It often has to be performed by non-specialist workers in remote places. The World Health Organization (WHO) is rightly promoting bilamellar rotation as a standard operation, 1 but its method presents difficulties even for trained surgeons. 2 In the technique described by WHO, the lid is held by two artery forceps; however, it is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulgarian Review of Ophthalmology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1311-0624
DOI: 10.14748/bro.v0i4.4783