Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with excessive facial skin fixed for upper eyelid rolling inward
By Stuhr, C M et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·1997·Department of Surgical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Stellate rhytidectomy: superior entropion repair in a dog with excessive facial skin.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old Chinese Shar Pei was brought in for surgery to fix entropion, a condition where the eyelids roll inward, causing irritation. Previous surgeries had not worked because the dog's heavy facial skin was pulling on the eyelids. The veterinarian used a new technique to remove excess skin in a special pattern that followed the dog's natural facial lines. This approach successfully repaired the eyelids, helping to relieve the dog's discomfort.
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Abstract
A four-year-old Chinese shar pei was presented for entropion repair that had not been corrected adequately with two prior Hotz-Celsus procedures. The primary cause for the failure was the weight of the excessive, superior facial folds often found in this breed. A new technique is presented to measure and remove these folds in a stellate pattern by following natural stress lines, thus effecting surgical repair of the superior lid entropion.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9204472/