PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of axial globe projection on lower eyelid malposition with aging. METHODS: Consecutive patients presenting to 2 oculoplastic surgeons with lower eyelid and tarsal involutional ectropion or entropion underwent axial globe projection measurements with a Hertel exophthalmometer. RESULTS: Data on 36 eyelids of 31 white patients were collected. Axial globe projection in the ectropion group, mu = 19.9, was significantly greater than in the entropion group, mu = 16.1 (p = 0.000021). This held true even when the analysis was confined to the subgroup of male patients. CONCLUSION: Tarsal ectropion directly correlates with more prominent axial globe position, and patients with relatively enophthalmic eyes tend to develop entropion.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of axial globe projection on lower eyelid malposition with aging. METHODS: Consecutive patients presenting to 2 oculoplastic surgeons with lower eyelid and tarsal involutional ectropion or entropion underwent axial globe projection measurements with a Hertel exophthalmometer. RESULTS: Data on 36 eyelids of 31 white patients were collected. Axial globe projection in the ectropion group, mu = 19.9, was significantly greater than in the entropion group, mu = 16.1 (p = 0.000021). This held true even when the analysis was confined to the subgroup of male patients. CONCLUSION:Tarsal ectropion directly correlates with more prominent axial globe position, and patients with relatively enophthalmic eyes tend to develop entropion.
Authors: Kevin S Michels; Craig N Czyz; Kenneth V Cahill; Jill A Foster; John A Burns; Kelly R Everman Journal: J Ophthalmol Date: 2014-03-05 Impact factor: 1.909