An operation for trichiasis due to cicatricial entropion / by W. Odillo Maher.

  • Maher, William Odillo, 1858-1916.
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An operation for trichiasis due to cicatricial entropion / by W. Odillo Maher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    W. Odillo Malier. thirty-six hours, when the sutures are removed. The object of having the knots a couple of centimetres from the ends of the sutures is to facilitate their removal. The eyes are kept bandaged for a few days, so as to prevent any disturb- ance of the flap, which takes readily. This operation was first performed by me in April, 1896, and during the following twelve months I operated on sixty- one cases. In two cases only the operation was a partial failure, as a few hairs on the outer canthi were touching the globe some weeks after the operation. The cause of these two partial failures was that the cartilage had not been di- vided up to the outer canthus. All the others were highly satisfactory, and some I have seen nine months after the operation. A special feature about this operation is that no tissue is removed from the lid, but tissue added to replace cartilaginous tissue at that part where it has undergone ab- sorption. It produces no disfigurement, and the results are most satisfactory. The effect of the operation can be en- hanced by a subcutaneous division of the outer canthus.