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Surgical treatment of xerophthalmia
Author(s) -
Sha Eliahu,
Lazar Moshe,
Redianu Chaim
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197312000-00010
Subject(s) - xerophthalmia , fornix , medicine , surgery , sialography , parotid gland , parotid duct , tears , duct (anatomy) , vitamin a deficiency , dentistry , vitamin , retinol , hippocampus
During the past year, two patients suffering from xerophthalmia were treated by transposition of Stensen's duct into the inferior conjunctival fornix. The case history of one patient is reviewed and the operative technique as well as a modification which allows for a simultaneous reconstruction of an obliterated fornix are described. Profuse lacrimal epiphora appeared and a suggestion is made to evaluate the functional capacity of the parotid gland pre‐operatively with the help of scintigrams. If necessary, partial or subtotal excision of the parotid gland may be done in conjunction with the transposition procedure. Attention is drawn to possible analogy between aural and ocular lubricant systems.