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TREATMENT OF ENTROPION

TREATMENT OF ENTROPION This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: The article by Dr. P. H. Ballen regarding his treatment of a patient with cicatricial entropion of the upper lid (Archives of Ophthalmology 72: 239-240, 1964) was most interesting.A little over a year ago I was faced with a similar problem in an elderly lady with cicatricial entropion of the upper lid secondary to old trachoma. Because of her poor general condition I was reluctant to perform any surgery and therefore confined my treatment to the frequent removal of large numbers of offending cilia. When this treatment seemed to be getting nowhere, I decided to perform the simplest operation that might have any chance of success. After reviewing the many procedures described in the various surgical reference books, I chose the Wies operation which I had used successfully many times in the treatment of spastic entropion of the lower lid. The result of this operation on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

TREATMENT OF ENTROPION

Posner, Marvin
Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 72 (5) – Nov 1, 1964
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TREATMENT OF ENTROPION

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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: The article by Dr. P. H. Ballen regarding his treatment of a patient with cicatricial entropion of the upper lid (Archives of Ophthalmology 72: 239-240, 1964) was most interesting.A little over a year ago I was faced with a similar problem in an elderly lady with cicatricial entropion of the upper lid secondary to old trachoma. Because...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1964 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9950
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1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archopht.1964.00970020740029
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: The article by Dr. P. H. Ballen regarding his treatment of a patient with cicatricial entropion of the upper lid (Archives of Ophthalmology 72: 239-240, 1964) was most interesting.A little over a year ago I was faced with a similar problem in an elderly lady with cicatricial entropion of the upper lid secondary to old trachoma. Because of her poor general condition I was reluctant to perform any surgery and therefore confined my treatment to the frequent removal of large numbers of offending cilia. When this treatment seemed to be getting nowhere, I decided to perform the simplest operation that might have any chance of success. After reviewing the many procedures described in the various surgical reference books, I chose the Wies operation which I had used successfully many times in the treatment of spastic entropion of the lower lid. The result of this operation on

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Archives of Ophthalmology – American Medical Association

Published: Nov 1, 1964

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