Hyaluronic acid gel injection in the upper eyelid achieves correction of congenital cicatricial ectropion and reduction in lagophthalmos
Non-surgical management of congenital ichthyosis using hyaluronic acid gel injection
Article specifications
This clinical study was published in 2018 in Journal of Eur J Ophthalmol. (IF 2011:1.25) by Indian specialists. The aim of this study was to test if hyaluronic acid gel injection in the upper eyelid achieves correction of congenital cicatricial ectropion and reduction in lagophthalmos, in preparation for intraocular surgery. One millilitre of hyaluronic acid gel was injected in both the upper eyelids of a child with congenital ichthyosis in the suborbicularis plane, prior to cataract surgery.
Results
Lagophthalmos reduced by 15 mm in the right eye and 13 mm in the left eye. Subsequently, the child underwent cataract surgery without any complications. We demonstrate the long-term outcome of using hyaluronic acid gel injection for successful, non-surgical correction of cicatricial ectropion in ichthyosis.
Tags: India European journal of ophthalmology Clinical trial 2018