BACKGROUND Lower lid involutional entropion is a common eyelid pathology affecting the elderly population. Most of the reported surgical techniques are mainly based on a lateral tarsal strip anchored to the orbital rim. OBJECTIVES To report the surgical outcome using a simple single-stitch lateral wedge technique to repair involutional lower entropion. METHODS This single-surgeon, retrospec...

PURPOSE To describe the association between entropion and pediatric facial nerve paralysis in the pediatric population. METHODS A retrospective case series was collected from 5 pediatric patients who required surgical correction for symptomatic entropion with a history of facial nerve palsy. RESULTS All 5 patients presented with epiphora and punctate keratopathy. Following surgical correcti...

Introduction: The eyelids or lids have the function of protecting eyeball and secrete glandular secretions that form a tear film in front cornea. This study aimed to assess characteristics patients with entropion.
 Methods: research is retrospective approach. Data was obtained from Dr. Mohammad Hoesin General Hospital, Palembang, January 2019 December 2021. Medical record data included thi...

AIM To determine cosmetic and functional outcome following lateral strip procedure (LSP) for involutional entropion. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a prospective analysis of 15 patients (20 eyelids) of involutional entropion, who needed surgical repair. After thorough evaluation, the surgical treatment (LSP) was done in all 15 patients. RESULTS Cosmetic and functional outcome was exce...

TRACHOMA persists as a major scourge in the causation of blindness in the Far East. Of its many complications and sequelae, entropion is undoubtedly the commonest. Apart from the cataract operation, which restores sight, an entropion operation is perhaps the most gratifying in the field of ophthalmology. The following is a report on 1,252 cases of entropion seen in the Ophthalmic Department, Ko...

BACKGROUND Involutional entropion, a common eyelid condition, has different methods of surgical correction and attendant variable recurrence rates, depending to a large degree on the method used. OBJECTIVE To describe and evaluate a modified technique of entropion repair where the Wheeler's method is combined with wedge resection of the tarsal plate. METHODS This was a chart review study of...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of the combined procedure in the management of involutional entropion. METHODS In this study, we reviewed 45 eyes of 36 patients who underwent the combined procedure (lateral tarsal strip, retractor tightening, and everting sutures) for the management of involutional lower eyelid entropion and compared the results with 31 eyes of 25 patients who underwent the ...

PURPOSE To report the efficacy of the Quickert procedure in the first case series of involutional entropion in an elderly Asian population, and to introduce the technique to Asian ophthalmologists including general ophthalmologisits and ophthalmic trainees. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of 13 consecutive patients underwent the Quickert procedure for involutional entropion by occ...

One hundred and eighty-three surgical procedures were conducted on 107 patients over seven years. 91% of the cases of upper lid entropion were corrected satisfactorily with only one operation. It is postulated that this level of success is achieved by grading the degree of surgical intervention according to the clinical established on systematic examination of upper lid entropion.