Unimanual upper and lower eyelid retraction for intravitreal injections

Lower Eyelid Epiblepharon Associated with Lower Eyelid Retraction

PURPOSE To describe a series of patients with lower eyelid epiblepharon associated with lower eyelid retraction. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent surgery for lower eyelid retraction, epiblepharon, or thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) between October 1999 and March 2007. Patients with both lower eyelid retraction and epiblepharon on preope...

Upper eyelid approach to lower eyelid blepharoplasty.

Upper Eyelid Retraction After Periorbital Trauma

We report four unusual cases of upper eyelid retraction following periorbital trauma. Four previously healthy patients were evaluated for unilateral upper eyelid retraction following periorbital trauma. A 31-year-old man (Case 1) and a 24-year-old man (Case 2) presented with left upper eyelid retraction which developed after blow-out fractures, a 44-year-old woman (Case 3) presented with left u...

Graded full-thickness anterior blepharotomy for upper eyelid retraction.

BACKGROUND A chief morbidity of Graves eye disease is upper eyelid retraction that results in exposure keratopathy and cosmetic deformity. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of graded anterior blepharotomy to treat upper eyelid retraction. METHODS Fifty eyelids of 32 patients with Graves eye disease-associated upper eyelid retraction, causing symptomatic ocular exposure, were treated with gra...

IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS Upper Eyelid Approach to Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty

Transcutaneous lower blepharoplasty addresses excess skin, muscle, and fat through an infraciliary cutaneous incision. This approach offers excellent exposure to the fat pads; however, violation of the orbital septum may result in postoperative lower eyelid retraction, with resultant aesthetic disfigurement as well as exposure keratoconjunctivitis.1 The transconjunctival approach to lower bleph...