Modified Continuous Buried Suture Technique for Upper Lid Epiblepharon.
- Author:
Young Kug KIM
1
;
Hye Young KIM
;
Sang Yeul LEE
Author Information
1. The Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Epiblepharon;
Modified cntinuous buried suture technique
- MeSH:
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Recurrence;
Retrospective Studies;
Suture Techniques*;
Sutures*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2003;44(6):1243-1248
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness and complication rate of our modified continuous buried suture technique for the correction of the upper lid epiblepharon. METHODS: This retrospective study included 132 eyes of 66 patients, who were diagnosed with upper lid epiblepharon from March 2000 through April 2002 After the followup of over 6 months, we evaluated the improvement and recurrent rate of epiblepharon after the procedure. RESULTS: In 131 of 132 eyes with the mean followup period of 12.9 months, the epiblepharon was corrected successfully with cosmetically satisfactory Results. In 1 eye, we experienced the disappearance of a double fold without the recurrence of the epiblepharon. CONCLUSIONS: This modified continuous buried suture Method appears to be an effective treatment of lash inversion in upper lid epiblepharon with good aesthetic Results.
