ENTROPION EYELID RECONSTRUCTION

Course overview

ENTROPION IS AN INVERSION OF THE EYELID MARGIN. OFTEN THE EYELASHES ARE DIRECTED POSTERIORLY AT THE GLOBE. IT IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON LID MALPOSITION. WHEN THE LASHES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE GLOBE, IT CAN CAUSE CORNEAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL DAMAGE, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO CORNEAL DISEASE. THIS ACTIVITY ADDRESSES THE FOUR TYPES OF ENTROPION: CONGENITAL, INVOLUTIONAL, ACUTE SPASTIC, AND CICATRICIAL. THE MOST COMMON TYPE IN THE LOWER EYELIDS IS INVOLUTIONAL, WHILE IN THE UPPER EYELID, IT IS CICATRICIAL. SOME COMMON RISK FACTORS INCLUDE PRIOR BURNS, TRAUMA, INFECTION, AND INFLAMMATION. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ENTROPION AND DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.