Title: A clinical study of ectropion and entropion.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION
The eye is one of the delicate organs in the body. It is situated within
the bony orbit and is protected by the walls of the orbit. The eyelids are the
important structures that protect the eyeball apart from the orbit. The eyelid
malpositions are of a common occurrence now a days. Meticulous repair of
these malpositions is essential for restoration of eyelid form and function. A
detailed knowledge of the eyelid anatomy is essential for the surgeon to be
able to achieve a good repair. Various surgical modalities are available for the
correction of the eyelid malpositions such as ectropion and entropion. We
shall have a overview of the eyelid anatomy and its malpositions in this thesis
work.
AIM OF THE STUDY: To analyse the incidence of different types of ectropion and entropion
To analyse the various clinical presentations of ectropion and entropion
To analyse the various surgical procedures and also to find out the
procedures which can be easily performed even by a general
ophthalmologist in the correction of ectropion and entropion.
To assess the outcome of surgical repair of ectropion and entropion
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
This study was conducted at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology
and Govt. Ophthalmic Hospital, Egmore, Chennai from Jan 2005 to March
2006 for a period of 15 months. The patients presenting to the OPD with
ectropion and entropion especially needing the surgical repair were taken
up for the study. Inclusion Criteria:
1. Various clinical patterns of ectropion and entropion.
2. Presentation with trichiasis and distichiasis.
SUMMARY: • Males were involved in 56% of the cases. Females were involved in 44% of the cases.
81% of the affected patients were in the age group of > 50yrs. 17% of
the affected patients were between 10-50yrs. 2% were < 10yrs
72% of the reported cases were ectropion. 28% of the cases were
Entropion.
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: Out of the different presentations of ectropion, the involutional type
was found to be the commonest presentation. The commonly performed
surgical procedure for involutional type of ectropion was the lateral
strip procedure. The outcome of the surgery was good in almost all the
cases.
CONCLUSION: Ectropion and entropion of the lids is more or less equally distributed in both the sex. Most of the affected patients were above 50 yrs. It shows that involutional type of ectropion and entropion is more common.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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