Rotation sutures are a popular method of temporarily correcting involutional entropion. The permanence of the procedure depends on a fibrotic scar along the suture tracks. Sutures which create generous scars would probably produce the most satisfactory results. In this study 4-0 chromic gut, nylon, and silk sutures were evaluated in rabbit lower eyelids for their ability to create histologicall...

Patients affected by entropion and treated with LSP recover very quickly, the cutaneous stitches being removed, in general, five days after the surgery. The postoperative treatment is mild and quick (topical and oral antibiotics for preventing postoperative infections associated with oral paracetamol and/or diclofenac for minimizing the postoperative inflammation of the operated area). The data...

A case is reported in which a simple anterior lamellar repositioning procedure was used successfully to repair an upper lid entropion associated with a horizontal tarsal kink. This obviates the need for the more complex and destructive procedures which have previously been described for the treatment of this condition.