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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15413| Title: | The electrocautery in the treatment of cicatricial entropion and trichiasis |
| Authors: | Damato, Francis Joseph |
| Keywords: | Eye -- Diseases -- Treatment Eye -- Diseases -- Case studies Eye -- Surgery -- Instruments |
| Issue Date: | 1973 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Damato, F.J. (1973). The electrocautery in the treatment of cicatricial entropion and trichiasis. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 8(2), 132-134. |
| Abstract: | A new technique is described, where in cases of cicatricial entropion of the upper lid, the electrocautery is used instead of the scalpel to excise a wedge-shaped band from the deformed tarsus in order to restore to a normal position the inturned lid border. This technique is considered to be simpler and easier to carry out than paring the deformed tarsus by means of a scalpel. Moreover, the induced fibrous tissue contraction after the application of the electrocautery, is another factor in favour of this technique. Eight cases were operated upon in this way. The results were satisfactory. In one case, a good result was obtained even without the use of sutures. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15413 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 8, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 8, Issue 2 |
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| Electrocautery in the Treatment of Cicatricial Entropion and Trichiasis.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 299.89 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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