Journal article
Causes of Involutional Ectropion and Entropion-Age-Related Tarsal Changes Are the Key
Abstract
PURPOSE: To measure tarsal plates across various age-groups, to determine whether tarsal size changes with increasing age and whether size correlates with involutional ectropion and entropion.
METHODS: Comparative, observational, case-control study design. Data were obtained for length and height of tarsus in each of the four eyelids. The data were constructed to determine: (I) right-to-left-side comparison data, (II) sex difference data, (III) …
Authors
Bashour M; Harvey J
Journal
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 131–141
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
March 2000
DOI
10.1097/00002341-200003000-00008
ISSN
0740-9303