PURPOSE To describe a new, simple, quick, and minimally invasive surgical technique for managing medial canthal tendon laxity. METHODS The technique works by creating a directed posterior lamellar scar. Sutures are preplaced in firm medial canthal tissue, and a triangular diathermy burn is made between this fixation point and the medial tarsal plate (sparing the canaliculus). This area is the...

PURPOSE To describe the use of a lid crease incision for upper eyelid margin rotation in cicatricial entropion combining internal traction on the anterior lamella, tarsotomy, and tarsal overlap without external sutures. METHODS Surgical description: The main steps of the procedure consisted of exposure of the entire tarsal plate up to the eyelashes followed by tarsotomy through the conjunctiv...

INTRODUCTION The lateral tarsal strip procedure (LTS) was first reported by Anderson and Gordy in 1979 for the management of paralytic or senile eyelid laxity. Since its description, the LTS procedure has been subject to several modifications by various authors. In this study, we described the Looi suture technique, a small modification in the technique of suturing the LTS to the lateral orbita...

Ethiopia is the African country with the largest number of cattle (26 million). Because of the potential impact of cattle on the transmission and severity of trachoma, the major cause of blindness in the country, an attempt is made to document this association to justify the inclusion of the control of cattle pollution in the prevention of blindness. The prevalence of trachoma is lower in pasto...