Trans-Grafting Operation for Trichiasis and Entropion of the Upper Lid
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Upper eyelid entropion and dry eye in cicatricial trachoma without trichiasis.
PURPOSE to evaluate the position of the upper eyelid margin and eye surface status in cicatricial trachoma without trichiasis (TS). METHODS Slit-lamp biomicroscopy was employed to evaluate the location of the upper lid mucocutaneous transition of 156 eyes of 78 patients with trichiasis and of 130 eyes of 65 control subjects. For each eye the position of the upper lid mucocutaneous junction wa...
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