[Surgical treatment of entropium senile (author's transl)]

The authors report on a modification of the entropion surgery of Celsus-Hotz which was successfully carried out in 87 patients with entropion senile from 1969 to 1976. After excision of an about 5 mm wide crescentshaped dermal tissue of the lower eyelid about 3 mm down the margin the muscle fibres of the M. orbicularis near the margin are resected. Before suturing the skin 3-6 stitches of Hotz are done to reduce the tarsus. The advantages of this technique are the safe therapeutical effect, the cosmetical effect and the easy correction of this operation in case of a failure.