PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty with or without a skin pinch on lower eyelid position. METHODS Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing bilateral lower blepharoplasty using a transconjunctival approach with or without a skin pinch. Patients undergoing other surgical procedures that could affect lower eyelid position were excluded. Twenty-five pati...

PURPOSE To report a case of atopic eyelid disease treatment using topical tacrolimus in a patient with open-angle glaucoma following corticosteroid discontinuation. DESIGN Interventional case report. METHODS A 59-year-old white man with a history of treated open-angle glaucoma (latanoprost 0.005%) was referred to our department for atopic eyelid disease. The patient had received previous tr...

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RATIONALE Common ophthalmological problems are found in patients with eyelid tumors and include ocular surface diseases, such as dry eyes, eyelid disorders, excessive tearing and ocular inflammation. OBJECTIVE The potential correlation between the symptomatology, tear break-up time (TBUT) and lipocalin, lactoferrin and lysozyme concentrations in the tear film were investigated in a group of s...

Unilateral blepharoptosis with poor or no levator action can be corrected properly only by suspending the eyelid from the brow or frontalis muscle. This method lifts the eyelid adequately but often results in undesirable asymmetry, since the brow-frontalis lift on one side is so different from the levator lift on the other. Beard offered one solution. He cut the normal palpebral levator muscle ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate changes in lower eyelid position using digital image analysis in patients who have undergone an orbicularis suspension flap combined with blepharoplasty. METHODS A total of 68 patients (136 eyes) underwent a lower eyelid orbicularis oculi suspension flap combined with blepharoplasty. Digital image analysis was used to standardize each patient's preoperative and postopera...

INTRODUCTION Some eyelid defects require reconstruction. OBJECTIVE To study the eyelid conditions requiring reconstruction among the patients attending an oculoplasty clinic of a tertiary level eye institute. MATERIALS AND METHODS All the cases of eyelid reconstruction surgery of two years were retrospectively included in this study. The parameters studied were causes of eyelid defects, age...

Heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) is a member of the EGF family of growth factors that binds to and activates the EGF receptor (EGFR) and ERBB4. Here, we show that HB-EGF-EGFR signaling is involved in eyelid development. HB-EGF expression is restricted to the tip of the leading edge of the migrating epithelium during eyelid closure in late gestation mouse embryos. Both HB-EGF null...

PURPOSE To present a successful case of single-staged total upper eyelid reconstruction after sebaceous gland carcinoma excision by using forehead galeal pericranial flap. OBSERVATIONS An 80-year-old female with a progressively enlarged left upper eyelid mass presented with ocular irritation, blurred vision, and gritty sensation despite topical antibiotics treatment. This multinodular mass in...

PURPOSE To report a successful eyelid reconstruction performed using the residual tarsus after excision of a sebaceous gland carcinoma. CASE REPORT An 86-year-old woman presented with a sebaceous gland carcinoma of the upper eyelid margin. After excision of the tumor, she underwent reconstructive surgery of the superior eyelid performed using the residual tarsus. Because the tumor was localiz...