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Use of a chronic soft tissue expansion device to facilitate blepharoplasty in a horse with lower‐lid cicatricial ectropion with a 14‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
Whittaker Cameron J.,
Reynolds Benjamin D.,
McCarthy Paul M.,
Taylor Simon F.,
Major Derek,
Caruso Kelly A.,
Smith Jeffrey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
veterinary ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1463-5224
pISSN - 1463-5216
DOI - 10.1111/vop.12806
Subject(s) - ectropion , medicine , surgery , eyelid , blepharoplasty , soft tissue , blepharospasm , keratitis , dermatology , botulinum toxin
A 3‐year‐old Thoroughbred filly presented to a referral equine hospital for surgical correction of a severe cicatricial lateral lower eyelid ectropion OD, with secondary exposure keratitis. The severity of the ectropion deemed that conventional ectropion repairs would be unsuccessful. Therefore, a soft tissue expansion device was used to create sufficient local tissue for a rotational graft with tension‐relieving horizontal incisions to be performed to facilitate closure and acceptable eyelid apposition. The keratitis had resolved by two months postoperatively. There were no long‐term complications and only mild recurrence of the keratitis observed 14‐years postoperatively.