"Vertical slat" chalazion excision
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1Division of Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine.
Abstract:
We describe a technique of chalazion excision in which multiple vertical incisions spaced approximately 1 mm apart are used to provide wide exposure of the chalazion. The entire extent of lipogranulomatous tissue can be excised under direct visualization, sparing normal tissues. No tarsoconjunctival tissue is extirpated. The vertical slats heal quickly, and horizontal incisions, which may cut across meibomian glands, are avoided.

