• Title of article

    Blepharoptoi urgery complicated by late uture migration

  • Author/Authors

    Jill A. Foter، نويسنده , , Kila B. John، نويسنده , , Everardo Catro، نويسنده , , David M. Meiler، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    116
  • To page
    117
  • Abstract
    %PURPOE: To report late uture migration a a complication of blepharoptoi urgery. METHOD: Cae report. REULT: After upper eyelid blepharoptoi repair, two eye of two patient developed unuual foreign body reaction and ulceration in the conjunctiva caued by migration of nonaborbable uture from the levator aponeuroi to the upper conjunctival fornix. The foreign body caued eyelid edema, papillary change in the upper taral conjunctiva, recurrent blepharoptoi, and a foreign body enation that tarted more than 3 month after the urgery and perited until the uture wa removed. The uture, hidden in edematou conjunctiva of the uperior fornix, eluded detection. CONCLUION: Foreign body reaction econdary to uture migration i an uncommon complication of blepharoptoi repair.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    622898