Oculoplastics News

It has always been the teaching that recurrent unilateral conjunctivitis must be evaluated for partial or complete nasal lacrimal duct obstruction. This may be congenital or acquired.

I have always been interested in sarcoidosis in the way it presents and its diagnostic dilemma, so I would like to pose three test questions and follow up with a discussion to build upon the questions.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Involutional ectropion is probably the most common variety of lower eyelid malposition, causing laxity of the margin that turns away from the globe, a speaker said here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Involutional ectropion is probably the most common variety of lower eyelid malposition, causing laxity of the margin that turns away from the globe, a speaker said here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — There are a number of different causes of droopy or heavy eyelids, and management for each may be different, a speaker said here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — There are a number of different causes of droopy or heavy eyelids, and management for each may be different, a speaker said here.

A study found that temporal artery biopsy resulted in a 16% incidence of postoperative facial nerve damage, which fully resolved in more than half of the affected patients.

Hawaiian Eye 2013 will begin a day earlier than in previous years to make room for an oculoplastics session on Saturday.

It is always a pleasure to attend our national meeting and have the opportunity to see old friends and reassess one's educational experience. The subspecialty day is most valuable, as it discusses controversial topics and allows the physician to be challenged from his or her past experience with what is the new thinking on the subject. The interactive response is very interesting, especially when the speaker presents his or her thoughts about the best way to manage a problem, and surprisingly almost half the audience disagrees and is not planning on incorporating it into their practice. 

NEW YORK — Brow ptosis is most manageable through the use of a direct brow lift, an internal browpexy or an endoscopic brow lift, according to a speaker here.