PURPOSE: To describe the use of a double suture and conjunctival cuts in the lateral tarsal strip (LTS) and to evaluate postsurgical outcome in patients with severe involutional ectropion. METHODS: A prospective randomized study was conducted on 16 eyelids of 8 patients with symptomatic severe involutional ectropion. The 8 patients were between 62 and 79 years. They were distributed into 2 groups consisting of 4 patients each. The control group was treated with a conventional lateral tarsal strip (C-LTS), the second group underwent a modified lateral tarsal strip (M-LTS). The mean follow-up was 18 months. Success was defined as relief in lid laxity. The recurrence rate was also evaluated. RESULTS: Patients treated with M-LTS showed lower horizontal laxity (3.5 ± 0.2) than patients treated with C-LTS (5.7 ± 0.2). During the 18-month follow-up, a statistically significant difference was found between the 2 groups with P value <0.05. CONCLUSIONS: The use of a double suture and conjunctival cuts in the lateral tarsal strip proposed by Meduri showed a reduction of postsurgical ectropion's grade and postsurgical recurrences. This technique could be used for the treatment of patients with a severe ectropion.
Titolo: | The Use of a Double Suture and Conjunctival Cuts in the Lateral Tarsal Strip: A New Approach to Involutional Ectropion |
Autori: | ARAGONA, Pasquale (Ultimo) [Writing – Original Draft Preparation] |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2018 |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: To describe the use of a double suture and conjunctival cuts in the lateral tarsal strip (LTS) and to evaluate postsurgical outcome in patients with severe involutional ectropion. METHODS: A prospective randomized study was conducted on 16 eyelids of 8 patients with symptomatic severe involutional ectropion. The 8 patients were between 62 and 79 years. They were distributed into 2 groups consisting of 4 patients each. The control group was treated with a conventional lateral tarsal strip (C-LTS), the second group underwent a modified lateral tarsal strip (M-LTS). The mean follow-up was 18 months. Success was defined as relief in lid laxity. The recurrence rate was also evaluated. RESULTS: Patients treated with M-LTS showed lower horizontal laxity (3.5 ± 0.2) than patients treated with C-LTS (5.7 ± 0.2). During the 18-month follow-up, a statistically significant difference was found between the 2 groups with P value <0.05. CONCLUSIONS: The use of a double suture and conjunctival cuts in the lateral tarsal strip proposed by Meduri showed a reduction of postsurgical ectropion's grade and postsurgical recurrences. This technique could be used for the treatment of patients with a severe ectropion. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11570/3131381 |
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