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From: Pretarsal orbicularis oculi muscle tightening with skin flap excision in the treatment of lower eyelid involutional entropion

Fig. 1

Surgical steps. A Skin incision 2 mm below the lower eyelashes. B The orbicularis oculi muscle was separated from the orbital septum. C Two double-arm sutures were preset in the inferior tarsal border. D The strip of orbicularis muscle was cut into two halves vertically. E Two double-arm sutures passed through the orbicularis muscles in sequence. F The two sutures were tied and the orbicularis oculi muscle was shortened and fixed onto the inferior tarsal border. G A redundant skin flap was excised. H The immediate postoperative effect.

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BMC Ophthalmology

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