What is tarsorrhaphy? Tarsorrhaphy is the joining of part or all of the upper and lower eyelids so as to partially or completely close the eye. Temporary tarsorrhaphies are used to help the cornea heal or to protect the cornea during a short period of exposure or disease. Permanent tarsorraphies are used to permanently protect the cornea from a long-term risk of damage. A permanent tarsorrhaphy...

Fatigue and driver drowsiness monitoring is an important subject for designing driver assistance systems. The measurement of eye closure is a fundamental step for driver awareness detection. We propose a method which is based on eyelid detection and the measurement of the distance between the eyelids. First, the face and the eyes of the driver are localized. After extracting the eye region, the...

Classical anatomical teaching reports the presence of the lateral palpebral raphe formed at the union in the preseptal and orbital parts of the orbicularis oculi muscle, or by the tendon adhering these to the underlying zygomatic bone. The lateral palpebral raphe has been shown to be absent in Asian cadavers. The current study uses both evidence from the anatomical dissection of five eyelids fr...

We present a new iris segmentation algorithm based on the Generalized Structure Tensor (GST). We compare this approach with traditional iris segmentation systems based on Hough transform and integro-differential operators. Results are given using the CASIA-IrisV3-Interval database with respect to a segmentation made manually by a human expert. The proposed algorithm outperforms the baseline app...

PURPOSE To clarify anatomically the facial nerve branches in the eyelids and periorbit. METHODS The facial nerve branches of the left periorbits from 31 Japanese cadavers were dissected under a surgical microscope. RESULTS The temporal, zygomatic, and deep buccal branches assembled posterior to the orbicularis oculi from its temporal or inferior side, and formed a dense plexus. The superfic...

As we all know that beta blockers do have the risk of exacerbating reactive airway disease, bradycardia, systemic hypotension, and hypoglycemia in the infant population.[2] Masking of hypoglycemic symptoms is valid in patients who are premature or not feeding well.[3] Few suggest monitoring of vital signs and glucose levels while titrating propranolol up to the final treatment dose.[4] Hence, c...

A case of lymphangioma circumscriptum of the eyelids and conjunctiva is described. The classification of this disease is given.

When compared to gaze, animation of the eyelids has been largely overlooked in the computer graphics literature. Eyelid movement plays an important part both in conveying accurate gaze direction and in improving the visual appearance of virtual characters. Eyelids have two major motion components: lid saccades that follow the vertical rotation the eyes, and blinking. Derived from literature in ...

A 72-year-old Taiwanese woman had the history of cosmetic cryopreserved autologous fat injection on her forehead ~21 years ago and was referred to our oculoplastic clinic and presented with multiple painless mass, which she had for 4 years, on both upper eyelids. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of foreign body granuloma on both upper eyelids. Clinicians should be aware of the potential c...

On examination, upper right canine and left upper central incisor were erupted which appeared normal. The tongue was slightly big with high arched palate. Hairs over the scalp, eyebrows, and lower eyelids were almost absent but normal on both upper eyelids. Skin over the central portion of the face was slightly atrophic, shiny, and revealed multiple telangiectasias (Fig. 1) mainly over the bila...