Comparison of three techniques for repair of involutional lower lid entropion: A three-year follow-up study

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Altieri, Michele ^a,c   Iester, Michele ^a,b   Harman, Francesca ^c   Bertagno, Roberta ^a   Capris, Paolo ^a   Venzano, Davide ^a   Baldi, Franco ^a   Altieri, Gianguido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entropion; Everting sutures; Horizontal lid laxity; Lower lid excursion; Lower lid retractor; Orbital septum; Retractor plication; Tarsus; Vertical lid laxity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTROPION; ENTROPION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANK SUM TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTROPION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038617725     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070633     Document Type: Article

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