Open AccessCONGENITAL UPPER lid COLOBOMA
Author(s) -
COLLIN J. R. O.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1986.tb00465.x
Subject(s) - coloboma , strabismus , medicine , anisometropia , refractive error , surgery , ophthalmology , anatomy , eye disease
Twenty‐two patients with congenital upper lid colobomas were assessed Strabismus occurred in 13 cases and was associated with bands of fibrous tissue or adhesions, high refractive errors and opacities in the ocular media A traction test is strongly recommended early in all children with congenital upper lid colobomas A lateral cantholysis and direct closure was the commonest type of surgery, but unless the coloboma closed easily a lower lid rotation flap gave the best results.