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Thyroid lid surgery

Eye volume 1, pages 609–614 (1987)Cite this article

Abstract

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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  1. Oculoplastic Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

    V T Thaller, K Kaden, C M Lane & J R O Collin

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  1. V T Thaller
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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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