Senile entropion
E. A. Rainin
A new surgical procedure has been developed for the correction of senile
entropion of the lower lid. The procedure consists of horizontal shortening
of the lower lid by a pentagonal wedge resection combined with an
infratarsal eyelid suture technique. Twenty eyelids of 13 patients with
entropion have been operated on over the last 4 1/2 years with use of
various modificatons of this procedure. The average follow-up period is two
years three months, with the longest being 4 1/2 years and the shortest
being three months. There has only been one temporary recurrence and no
overcorrections. The technique is simple and effective when applied to
chronic senile entropion unassociated with severe enophthalmos or any
cicatricial component.
