[Entropion: objective and subjective evaluation of two different surgical procedures]

The aim of this study was to compare two different surgical techniques for the therapy of senile entropion.

Our retrospective case series study included patients who were operated on for a senile entropion, either according to the technique described by Quickert or by surgery of the lateral tarsal strip in combination with resection of a part of the hypertrophic orbicularis muscle. All patients who had undergone entropion surgery according to one of the two procedures between 2008 and 2010 were contacted. Main outcome measures were patients' satisfaction and recurrence of entropion.

The study included 38 patients (age: 75.5 ± 7.7 years) who could be contacted and who were able to perform a telephone interview; 13 of these patients were additionally examined clinically. Mean follow-up after surgery was 43.1 ± 5.6 months. 83 % were happy to do the operation again. There was no statistical difference in patients' satisfaction with the operations. The clinical examination showed two recurrences of entropion in the Quickert group and none in the lateral tarsal strip group.

Quickert's operation and the lateral tarsal strip procedure in combination with resection of a part of the hypertrophic orbicularis muscle are efficient procedures for therapy of an entropion.