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Predictors of Trachomatous Trichiasis Surgery Outcome. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
PURPOSE: Unfavorable outcomes after trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery are undermining the global trachoma elimination effort. This analysis investigates predictors of postoperative TT (PTT), eyelid contour abnormalities (ECAs), and granuloma in the 2 ...
Aweke, Sintayehu   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Interventions for trachoma trichiasis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends eliminating trachomatous blindness through the SAFE strategy: Surgery for trichiasis, Antibiotic treatment, Facial cleanliness and ...
Burton, Matthew   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

The effects of animal-related and environmental factors on feline entropion: a comprehensive cohort study of 272 eyes [PDF]

open access: yesKafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
This study aims to provide a general perspective on entropion in cats, while offering a detailed assessment of the animal and environmental factors that may play a role in its occurrence.
İrem ERGİN   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corneal findings not related to entropion or trichiasis after trachoma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Purpose: To describe corneal findings not related to eyelid involvement after trachoma. Methods: Complete ocular evaluation was performed in 7 patients from the Cornea and External Diseases Clinics of the Escola Paulista de Medicina -Universidade Federal
Chaves, Alessandra Pinheiro   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Is Lateral Tarsal Strip the Method of Choice in Treating Involutional Lower Eyelid Entropion?

open access: yesOkulistyka
Lower eyelid entropion is malposition of the lower eyelid, potentially leading to loss of vision. The most common causes of entropion are involutional changes, less often cicatricial or paralysis factors.
Marlena Majkowska-Lyskavets   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bedside repair of congenital upper eyelid entropion: A variation of the Quickert suture technique

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2016
Purpose: The current literature is void of any lasting bedside treatments for congenital upper eyelid entropion repair. Observations: A six-day old male was born with bilateral upper eyelid entropion associated with a duplication of the long arm of ...
Naomie J. Warner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epilation for minor trachomatous trichiasis: four-year results of a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) needs to be managed to reduce the risk of vision loss. The long-term impact of epilation (a common traditional practice of repeated plucking of lashes touching the eye) in preventing visual impairment and corneal ...
Burton, Matthew J   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Infectious bacterial keratitis management in a Swedish region: Risk factors, treatment and time‐to‐resolution

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To report treatment patterns, time‐to‐resolution (TTR) and aetiologies of bacterial keratitis (BK) infections treated in a specialized hospital‐based cornea clinic in Sweden. Methods Retrospective study based on electronic health records screened during the period 2010–2019. The study included only culture‐confirmed cases of BK.
Jenny Roth   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A simple approach to the surgery of senile entropion of lower eyelids

open access: yesОфтальмохирургия, 2018
Introduction. The everting sutures in the correction of lower eyelid in case of involutional entropion, known since the time of Hippocrates, is a simple and accessible technique.
M. G. Kataev, M. A. Zakharova
doaj   +1 more source

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