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Freitag, Suzanne K. et al.: 2020 Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery DOI: 10.1055/b-0039-173336
Part III Lower Eyelid

9 Repair of Lower Eyelid Retraction

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Editors: Freitag, Suzanne K.; Lee, N. Grace; Lefebvre, Daniel R.; Yoon, Michael K.

Authors: Aakalu, Vinay K.; Armstrong, Blair K.; Barmettler, Anne; Barsegian, Arpine; Bergman, Mica Y; Bi, Wenya Linda; Bleier, Benjamin S.; Bonafede, Lucas; Callahan, Alison; Campbell, Ashley A.; Chambers, Christopher B.; Charlson, Emily; Chang, Shu-Hong (Holly); Choe, Christina H.; Choi, Catherine J.; Cohen, Liza M.; Dajani, Omar; DeParis, Sarah W.; Dunbar, Kristen E.; Dunn, Ian F.; Eftekhari, Kian; Elliott, Alexandra T.; Fu, Roxana; Giacometti, Joseph; Glass, Lora R. Dagi; Godfrey, Kyle J.; Gonzalez, Mithra O.; Grob, Seanna; Habib, Larissa H.; Homer, Natalie; Jalaj, Sanjai; Jiménez-Pérez, Juan C.; Lee, Bradford W.; Lelli, Gary J.; Liao, Shu Lang; Liu, Catherine Y.; Liu, Honglei; MacIntosh, Peter W.; Mahoney, Nicholas; Mantagos, Jason S.; Mehta, Sonul; Migliori, Michael E.; Mueller, Sarina K.; Nguyen, Tieu Vy; Oatts, Julius T.; Olvera-Morales, Osiris; Pham, Chau; Rok, Do Eon; Servat, Javier; Setabutr, Pete; Shah, Neil; Shinder, Roman; Siegal, Nora K.; Simmons, Brittany A.; Starks, Victoria; Tao, Jeremiah P.; Teo, Livia; Tovilla-Canales, José Luis; Tran, Ann Q.; Tseng, Michael; Weber, Adam; Winn, Bryan J.; Wladis, Edward J.; Wolkow, Natalie; Yadav, Prashant; Yen, Michael T.; Yuen, Hunter; Zhan, Senmiao; Zhang-Nunes, Sandy

Title: Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

Subtitle: Tricks of the Trade

Print ISBN: 9781626238978; Online ISBN: 9781626238985; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-006-163725

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Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart

Subjects: Ophthalmology, Optometry;Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery

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Nora K. Siegal and Christopher B. Chambers

Summary

Lower eyelid retraction can result in exposure keratopathy and significant morbidity. The expectations of eyelid retraction repair include restoring normal function and cosmesis to the eyelids. Repair of lower eyelid retraction involves evaluation of the scarring, and specifically, identifying the cause(s) of eyelid shortening. This chapter will review the preoperative assessment and surgical tools required for retraction repair.

Key words

eyelid retraction - retraction repair - lower eyelid scarring