Events

ectropion surgery
Recently, we carried out a surgical correction of ectropion on a sixty year old lady. Ectropion refers to an outward turning of the eyelid. In this particular case, the patient had lived with the condition since she was five. Her father had rather dis-ingeniously prescribed hot rodding to treat a boil on hr lower lid! This resulted in scarification and cicatrisation with consequent ectropion. Previous attempts at correction had failed. A release of cicatrix and free skin graft obtained from behind the ear resulted in a fairly satisfactory correction. The patient claims that she was now ready for her next husband!!
 

SQUINT SURGERY

Comitant squints are less common in blacks than whites, but they still occur. The word 'commitant' suggests that the angle of squint is the same in all directions of gaze. This distinguishes this genre of squint from the 'paralytic' squints in which the problem is a paralysis of one or more of the muscles.

Recently, a mother brought her daughter to the Rachel Eye with what is called a convergent squint. Simply put, this meant that the two eyes were not looking in the same direction, with one looking inward. She lamented that her friends who were supposed to make her child the 'little bride' at their weddings overlooked her for other prettier girls!

This girl, about five years old, had over 45 degrees of squint. This meant that we had to work on at least three of the extra-ocular muscles (muscles that move the eye) in order to straighten them. The result to date is shown in the accompanying photographs.
 
 

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