Surgical treatment of lagophthalmos: General review and personal technique

Abstract

The aim of this article is: (1) To give a review of the various techniques used in the past few years for the surgical treatment of lagophthalmos. As nerve repair is rarely performed by ophthalmologists, the authors dwell on the treatment of sequelae by static procedures such as tarsorrhaphies, eyelid resection techniques, canthoplasty techniques, and more complex techniques combining several maneuvers. They also describe techniques that ensure eyelid mobility. (2) To describe a personal procedure of both eyelid resection and plicature of the posterior limb of the medial canthal tendon.

Key Words:

• lagophthalmos
• surgery
• eyelid mobility