PURPOSE To report a new technique in the repair of lower eyelid malposition using dermis fat as a posterior lamellar spacer graft. DESIGN Retrospective, consecutive, nonrandomized interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Eleven patients who underwent surgical correction for symptomatic lower eyelid malposition using dermis fat as a spacer graft. METHODS Patients with symptomatic lower eye...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relative frequencies, average annual incidences, and patient characteristics of non-basal cell and non-squamous cell malignant neoplasms of the eyelid in a defined geographic population. DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective study using the Florida Cancer Data System to identify malignant tumors of the eyelid, except for basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, from 19...

PURPOSE To evaluate eyelid measures before and after upper blepharoplasty surgery using a digital image system. METHODS Eighteen eyelids of 9 patients with dermatochalasis were evaluated at the Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu-UNESP regarding eyelid measures before and after upper blepharoplasty. All patients were female, aged between 40 and 75 years. The images were acquired by a photograph...

PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to demonstrate a rare clinical manifestation of apraxia eyelid opening related to a basal ganglia lesion. CASE REPORT In this study, we report a 91-year-old woman suffering from difficulty in eyelid opening after being treated for myocardial ischemia with dual antiplatelet medications. She could open her eyelid with fingers touching her forehead. Brain co...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of eyelid retraction surgery in thyroid-related orbitopathy (TRO) patients in 2 different surgical settings: done simultaneously with orbital decompression or as a staged procedure after orbital decompression. DESIGN Retrospective, comparative, nonrandomized clinical study. PARTICIPANTS Ninety-six patients (158 eyes). METHODS A review of electronic medical ...

Eyelid involvement is common in facial burns. Ocular sequelae, including corneal ulceration, are usually preventable and secondary to the development of eyelid deformities, exposure keratopathy, and rarely, orbital compartment syndrome. Early ophthalmic review and prophylactic ocular lubrication is mandatory in burns involving the eyelids. Early surgical intervention, often requiring repeat pro...

Eyelid fusion normally occurs between E15.5 and E16.5 of mouse embryonic development and results from the migration of a population of periderm-derived epithelial cells over the corneal surface. Cell migration is known to depend on extracellular matrix receptors of the integrin family and to be regulated by growth factors. We were therefore interested that a failure of eyelid fusion has been re...