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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
Congenital blepharophimosis is a congenital anomaly characterized by abnormalities in the area of the eyes, including bilateral ptosis, shortening of the horizontal fissure of the lid, expansion of the intercanthal distance, and epicanthus inversus. The condition is subject to autosomal-dominant heredity and is said to occur more frequently in Orientals than in Occidentals. Over the past 9 years, we have surgically treated 11 cases of congenital blepharophimosis using a procedure in which levator resection and medial canthoplasty are performed in one stage. It has been commonly believed that when levator resection and medial canthoplasty are performed at the same time, tension in the eyelid becomes too strong to achieve favorable results; therefore, the standard procedure has been to divide the operation into two stages. In all 11 cases we experienced, however, it was possible to obtain good results with a single-stage operation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
One-stage repair of blepharophimosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports