ArticleBMC ophthalmology2021
Pretarsal orbicularis oculi muscle tightening with skin flap excision in the treatment of lower eyelid involutional entropion.
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- Pretarsal Orbicularis Oculi Preservation with Palpebral Margin Incision and Internal Fixation for Double Eyelid Blepharoplasty in East Asian Patients: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Long-term clinical experience with a 3-step combined technique for involutional lower eyelid entropion and ectropion based on common pathophysiologic mechanisms.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Correction of Involutional Entropion by Excising Redundant Skin and Pretarsal Orbicularis Muscle without Vertical and Horizontal Tarsal Fixation.Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Lateral Tarsal Strip in Conjunction with a Minimal Skin Muscle Excision Underlying Cauterization in Korean Patients with Involutional Entropion.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate a modified technique for involutional entropion correction in a retrospective cohort study.
methodsThe patients with involutional entropion eyelid were corrected by tightening the pretarsal orbicularis oculi muscle and excising the excess skin of the lower eyelid. The patients received correction surgery from April 2013 to March 2019 were followed up for more than 6 months postoperatively. The outcome measures included the complications and the recurrence rates.
resultsTotal 152 patients (169 eyes) were included. The mean follow-up period was 29.6 months (range: 6-36 months). Postoperative ectropion (over-correction) was observed in 1 patient with 1 eyelid (0.59%); yet, no further surgery was needed for this patient. Recurrence of entropion was found in 1 patient (0.59%). The patient with recurrent entropion received repeated surgery with the same method and achieved a good eyelid position.
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that tightening the pretarsal orbicularis oculi muscle and excising the excess skin of the lower eyelid could be an effective surgical method to correct lower eyelid involutional entropion. This method is technically easy with a low recurrence rate and not associated with significant complications in Asians.
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