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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2000;2:7.

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LATERAL CANTHAL surgery for the correction of lower eyelid ectropion has many practical and theoretical advantages. Surgery in the lateral canthus does not require precise lid-margin reanastomoses, incisions in the lateral canthus are well hidden in skin creases, and it directly addresses one of the major factors leading to ectropion (ie, elongation of the lateral canthal tendon).¹ Moe and Linder² present a modified approach to lateral canthal surgery with the advantages of higher canthal placement through a posterior approach.

The first widely accepted lateral canthal surgery procedure for ectropion was described by Bick.³ The surgery was simple, quick, and successful, except for the webbing in the lateral canthus and the risk of suture dehiscence with recurring ectropion. These problems have been addressed in several ways, including forming a tarsal strip to better support the sutures,⁴ adding a grey-line suture to decrease webbing,⁵ and suturing to a periosteal flap.⁵ Additional modifications . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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