Community-based transconjunctival marginal rotation for cicatricial trachoma in Indians from the Upper Rio Negro basin

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

O.e. Soares²  A.a.v. Cruz¹ 

[1] ,Federação das Organizações dos Índios do Rio NegroSão Gabriel da Cachoeira AM ,Brasil

关键词: Trachoma;    Community-based surgery;    Marginal rotation;    Trichiasis;    Entropion;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-879X2004000500007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of the present study was to describe, for the first time in Brazil, the use by a non-ophthalmologist of a community-based marginal rotation procedure by a posterior approach in the indigenous population from the Upper Rio Negro basin. Seventy-three upper eyelids of 46 Indians (11 males and 35 females) with cicatricial upper eyelid entropion and trichiasis were operated in the Indian communities using a marginal rotational procedure by a posterior approach by a non-ophthalmologist physician who had general surgery experience but only an extremely short period (one week) of ophthalmic training. Subjects were reevaluated 6 months after surgery. Results were classified according to the presence and location of residual trichiasis and symptoms were assessed according to a three-level subjective scale (better, worse or no change). Fifty-six eyelids (76.7%) were free from trichiasis, whereas residual trichiasis was observed in 17 eyelids (23.3%) of 10 subjects. In these cases, trichiasis was either lateral or medial to the central portion of the lid. Of these 10 patients, only 4 reported that the surgery did not improve the irritative symptoms. We conclude that marginal rotation by a posterior approach is an effective and simple procedure with few complications, even when performed by non-specialists. Due to its simplicity the posterior approach is an excellent option for community-based upper eyelid entropion surgery.

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