Treatment of Entropion – A modified Technique

Abstract

<jats:p>Purpose: To study the results of a modified technique of Entropion correction at a Tertiary care hospital.Study Design: Quasi experimental study.Place and Duration of Study: Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (LRBT), a tertiary care teaching Eyehospital, Korangi, Karachi, for a duration of six months, from January 2018 to June 2018.Material and Methods: Patients with senile entropion were included in the study. Patients with recurrententropion, cicatricial entropion, chronic/acute ocular and adnexal infection were excluded. Three equally spaceddouble-armed 6–0 vicryl horizontal mattress sutures were used to close the skin and orbicularis muscle of thewound with a bite of the retractors in the center and a 5 mm silicone tube bolster place in the superior loop. Postoperativetreatment of antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs and topical lubricant eye gel were given. Patients wereexamined on 11stpost operative day and then weekly interval for up to one month and thereafter every month forup to six months.Results: There were 40 eyes of 30 patients with ages ranging from 50 to 65 years. Twenty (66%) patients hadunilateral repair and 10 (33%) had bilateral repair done. No recurrence was seen in 39 (97.5%) eyes at the endsix months after surgery. Out of the 40 patients, only 2 (5%) patients complained of heaviness which went awayeventually with the disintegration of the external tamponade.Conclusion: This modified technique of entropion repair using skin excision with retractor plication in the woundhas a favorable outcome with minimum recurrences and complications.</jats:p>