What is your preferred surgical intervention for lagophthalmos secondary to a facial paralysis and signs of exposure keratopathy?
Answer from: at Community Practice
If temporary or early in the recovery, consider stick-on external eyelid weights.
If it has been several months without any improvement, I like to do gold or platinum permanent weights sutured to the tarsus, in addition to a lower lid tightening as Dr. @Kleinberg mentioned.
I almost always address lower lid laxity first if present. Upper lid weights are great, whether permanent or temporary. However, I do think attention should be paid to corneal sensation at the presentation, as patients with significant anesthesia or hypoesthesia have a markedly elevated risk for com...
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at Union Square Eye Care Corneal hypesthesia does not typically accompany f...
If temporary, then a temporary tarsorrhaphy can be very helpful. If permanent, then we can consider either ectropion repair with lateral tarsal strip if the primary issue is lower lid laxity and exposure from that. Can also consider 1/3 to 1/2 or more permanent lateral tarsorrhaphy, depending on how...