Fricke’s method of blepharoplasty. (Arlt.)
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Dieffenbach’s method of blepharoplasty. (Arlt.)
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Arlt’s method when a portion of the eyelid is to be sacrificed. (Arlt.)
INJURIES OF THE EYEBALL AND ADNEXA IN GENERAL.
This topic has already been considered. It seems advisable, however, to summarize some of the results of such injuries in order to call attention to their dangers and methods of treatment. Burns of the orbital regions, for instance, are liable to cause not only opacity of the cornea following ulceration, but adhesions between the conjunctival surfaces and the palpebral margins. The term symblepharon is applied to those lesions where the lids are more or less fixed upon the globe and their motility partly or completely impaired. When the edges alone of the lids have grown together the condition is known as ankyloblepharon. Both of these conditions are the result of adhesion of granulating surfaces and of cicatricial contraction, and should be avoided.