Surgical Treatment of Involutional Entropion.

Chung, Wha Sun; Jeon, Sung Wook

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1992;33(1):18-22.
Published online January 1, 1992.

Surgical Treatment of Involutional Entropion.

Wha Sun Chung, Sung Wook Jeon

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeung Nam University, Korea.

퇴행성 안검내반의 수술효과

정화선(Wha Sun Chung),전성욱(Sung Wook Jeon)

Abstract

The orbicularis oculi muscle transpositions with horizontal shortening procedures were performed for involutional entropion of the fourteen lower eyelids in twelve patients. The age ranged from 51 to 84 years (average 66.9 years). One patient was man and eleven patients were women. All patients were satisfactory with good cosmesis and improvement of tearing, discharge and ocular pain etc. after the follow-up period of 6 to 26 months. But mild subcutaneous hematoma of the eyelid was noticed in 3 cases with good absorption.

Key Words: Involutional entropion;Horizontal shortening;Transposition of orbicularis oculi muscle