New Operation Method on the Cicatricial Entropion and the Distichiasis.

Park, Mi Ae; Kim, Myong Hee; Ahn, Chung Sook

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1989;30(4):477-481.
Published online April 1, 1989.

New Operation Method on the Cicatricial Entropion and the Distichiasis.

Mi Ae Park, Myong Hee Kim, Chung Sook Ahn

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Korea.
²Keon Yang Medical Foundation, Kim's Eye Clinic, Seoul, Korea.

반흔성 안검내반증과 첩모중생의 새로운 수술적 치료방법

김명희(Myong Hee Kim),박미애(Mi Ae Park),안정숙(Chung Sook Ahn)

Abstract

The term "entropion" is defined as a turning inward of the eyelid. Depending on the mechanism of its causation, it may be classified into four types; mechanical, spastic, senile, and cicatricial. Cicatricial entropion follows scarring of the palpebral conjunctiva, which may be caused by trauma, chemical injuries, infections such as trachoma, benign ocular pemphigus, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and eyelid surgery. Distichiasis is a rare congenital anomaly in which aberrant separate row of lashes usually composed of hairs smaller than normal, appears along the posterior lid margin. Numerous surgical procedures have been described for surgical correction of cicatricial entropion and distichiasis in accordance with the severity of the condition. We have treated cicatricial entropion in 6 eyes(8 lids) and distichiasis in 3 eyes (3 lids) with sliding tarsoconjunctival grafting, and the results were satisfactory.

Key Words: Cicatricial entropion;distichiasis;sliding tarsoconjunctival grafting