Anagnostakis' Operation for Trichiasis
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Some time ago in another paper there was a symposium on the subject of which was the best operation for trichiasis. The contributors described many methods, but here in India where trichiasis is so common the operation performed by Anagnostakis has not received the attention which it deserves, so I wish to bring it before the attention of your readers. During the past three months I have performed it more than a hundred times. No operation for trichiasis meets the need of every patient suffering from this disease,' but if I were suffering from the usual form of trichiasis I should wish the surgeon to perform this operation on me. The following description of Anagnostakis' operation is taken from MacCallum's " Trachoma in Egypt." 1. " Anagnostakis' incision is carried out after the entropion spatula has been inserted by making a superficial cut along the whole free border of the lid just posterior to the lashes. It
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