CHAPTER VIII. Operations Upon the Eyelids

OPERATIONS UPON THE EYELIDS

Surgical Anatomy, 263. Suture of Wounds of the Eyelids, 263. Operations for Ankyloblepharon, 264; for Symblepharon, 264. Upon the Palpebral Aperture, 265--Canthoplasty, 265; Canthotomy, 265; Canthorrhaphy, 265; Tarsorrhaphy, 266. Ptosis Operations, 267; Shortening the Eyelid by Excision of a portion of the Tarsal Plate, 267. Attachment of the Lid to the Occipito-frontalis Muscle, 268. Advancement of the Levator Palpebræ Muscle, 272. Grafting a portion of the Superior Rectus into the Lid, 273 263-274