Barbed Suture Suspension Technique for Prevention of Lower Eyelid Ectropion After Mohs Micrographic Surgery
- Authors
- Kim, Jae Hwan; Yi, Sang Min; Kim, Sun Ae; Lee, Kyung Goo; Kim, Il-Hwan
- Issue Date
- 5월-2011
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Citation
- OPHTHALMIC PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, v.27, no.3, pp.E79 - E81
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- OPHTHALMIC PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- E79
- End Page
- E81
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/112536
- DOI
- 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181eea51d
- ISSN
- 0740-9303
- Abstract
- Mohs micrographic surgery of the lower eyelid poses a risk of ectropion. Even though the lower eyelid is a very frequent location for basal cell carcinoma, prevention techniques for ectropion after Mohs micrographic surgery have rarely been introduced. After Mohs micrographic surgery of the lower eyelid, the authors applied a barbed suture suspension technique for the prevention of lower eyelid ectropion. Following primary wound closure, barbed sutures were prepared by cutting one side of a 4-0 Prolene suture and applied around the lower eyelid. Sutures were maintained for 7 days and then removed. Evaluation 10 weeks after surgery found that ectropion had been minimized or prevented entirely.
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