Lower postoperative scar height is associated with increased postoperative trichiasis one year after bilamellar tarsal rotation surgery
1 October 2015
| Jonathan CP Roos
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Oculoplastics, Orbit
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Bilamellar tarsal rotation, incision height, postoperative trichiasis, trachoma, trichiasis
Bilamellar tarsal rotation has been a key component of the WHO SAFE approach to blindness from trichiaisis (surgery, antibiotics, facial hygiene, environment). The World Health Organisation (WHO) manual describes the procedure as a full thickness blepharotomy placed 3.0mm above and...
