ENTROPION EYELID RECONSTRUCTION

Course overview

ENTROPION IS AN INVERSION OF THE EYELID MARGIN AND IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON LID MALPOSITION. OFTEN THE EYELASHES ARE DIRECTED POSTERIORLY AT THE GLOBE. WHEN THE EYELASHES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE GLOBE, CORNEAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL DAMAGE CAN ENSUE, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO CORNEAL DISEASE. SURGICAL REPAIR OF ENTROPION IS PERFORMED TO RESTORE THE EYELID TO ITS PROPER ANATOMICAL ALIGNMENT. THIS, IN TURN, PROTECTS THE EYE FROM INJURY AND REDUCES ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE FOUR TYPES OF ENTROPION: CONGENITAL, INVOLUTIONAL, ACUTE SPASTIC, AND CICATRICIAL. THIS ACTIVITY ALSO REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ENTROPION AND DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.