Modified Medial Canthoplasty as a New Surgical Technique for Chronic Paralytic Lagophthalmos Cases in Facial Nerve Palsy Patients - การเย็บหัวตาแคบด้วยวิธี Modified Medial Canthoplasty ในผู้ป่วย Chronic Paralytic Lagophthalmos จาก Facial Nerve Palsy

Abstract

              Chronic paralytic lagophthalmos could be seriously harmful and sight threatening.  Surgery always plays important roles in management of such condition.  But, until now, there is no any single surgical method that covers all of the requirements including efficacy, safety, easiness to perform, low cost and good aesthetic result.

              The main purpose of this retrospective descriptive study was to introduce a newly modified surgical technique of medial canthoplasty, which was safe, effective, easy to perform, cheap and cosmetically acceptable to the patients.  It was found their visual acuities were improved siqnificantly  (p < 0.05) after the surgeries.

Key words:      modified medeal canthoplasty, paralytic lagophthalmos, facial nerve palsy