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A retrospective study of 58 thyroid patients undergoing eyelid surgery for thyroid related lid malposition is reported. A treatment strategy is suggested, based on the results of this experience.
The following points are stressed:
(1) The importance of recognising and relieving the inferior rectus tethering component of upper lid retraction when present.
(2) The usefulness of a scleral graft in lower lid retractor recession.
(3) The inadequacy of lateral tarsorrhaphy in relieving lid retraction but its value in camouflage.
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Presented at the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, July 1986.
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Thaller, V., Kaden, K., Lane, C. et al. Thyroid lid surgery. Eye 1, 609–614 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1987.94
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