NCT05634629

Anterior Lamellar Recession vs Bilamellar Tarsal Rotation in Upper Lid Cicatricial Trichiasis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Al-Azhar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 48 Years – 59 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

in recent years there has been a significant shift from this destructive procedure to a reconstructive procedure such as Anterior Lamellar Recession (ALR) and Bilamellar Tarsal Rotation (BLTR).

Conditions

• Cicatricial Trichiasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Anterior Lamellar Recession	ALR is a common surgical treatment that splits the skin and orbicularis oculi muscle from the tarsus and conjunctiva to recede the anterior lamella and expose the tarsus. Interlamellar separation can be accomplished via a grey line technique, an eyelid crease approach, or a combination of the two
PROCEDURE	Bilamellar Tarsal Rotation	the full-thickness transverse blepharotomy combined with everting sutures to rotate the inferior portion of the upper lid outwards and this procedure has a low recurrence risk

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-15
• Primary completion: 2022-11-01
• Completion: 2022-11-10
• First posted: 2022-12-02
• Last updated: 2022-12-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt