Management of trichiasis with lid margin split and cryotherapy

PURPOSE: To evaluate outcomes of lid margin split with cryotherapy to the anterior lid lamella for treating trichiasis. METHODS: This prospective study included 20 eyelids of ten patients with trichiasis who were treated with lid margin split and cryotherapy. All patients were followed up for 6 mont...

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Autores principales: Khafagy, Amr, Mostafa, Mostafa Mahmoud, Fooshan, Fathi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3501838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185112
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S35678
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description PURPOSE: To evaluate outcomes of lid margin split with cryotherapy to the anterior lid lamella for treating trichiasis. METHODS: This prospective study included 20 eyelids of ten patients with trichiasis who were treated with lid margin split and cryotherapy. All patients were followed up for 6 months. RESULTS: Eighteen eyelids (90%) were successfully treated, and two eyelids (10%) developed recurrence within the follow-up period. CONCLUSION: Lid margin split with cryotherapy is an effective and safe method for treating trichiasis.
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spelling pubmed-35018382012-11-26 Management of trichiasis with lid margin split and cryotherapy Khafagy, Amr Mostafa, Mostafa Mahmoud Fooshan, Fathi Clin Ophthalmol Original Research PURPOSE: To evaluate outcomes of lid margin split with cryotherapy to the anterior lid lamella for treating trichiasis. METHODS: This prospective study included 20 eyelids of ten patients with trichiasis who were treated with lid margin split and cryotherapy. All patients were followed up for 6 months. RESULTS: Eighteen eyelids (90%) were successfully treated, and two eyelids (10%) developed recurrence within the follow-up period. CONCLUSION: Lid margin split with cryotherapy is an effective and safe method for treating trichiasis. Dove Medical Press 2012 2012-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3501838/ /pubmed/23185112 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S35678 Text en © 2012 Khafagy et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Management of trichiasis with lid margin split and cryotherapy
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title_full Management of trichiasis with lid margin split and cryotherapy
title_fullStr Management of trichiasis with lid margin split and cryotherapy
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title_short Management of trichiasis with lid margin split and cryotherapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3501838/
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