Outcomes of posterior lamellar tarsal rotation vs bilamellar tarsal rotation for trachomatous trichiasis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery is a key strategy for avoiding blindness and visual impairment from trachoma. We compared alternative WHO-endorsed TT surgery techniques, hypothesizing that in a "real world" study posterior lamellar tarsal rotation (PLTR) would be associated with less postoperative TT (PTT) than bilamellar tarsal rotation (BLTR).

Methods

In an ongoing TT control program in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, TT surgeons used their preferred procedure (PLTR or BLTR) for upper eyelids with TT. Logistic regression-crude or adjusting for inter-eye correlation and relevant baseline factors (age, number of trichiatic lashes, epilation, entropion severity, and upper palpebral conjunctival scarring severity)-was used to compare the one-year cumulative incidence of

SUBMITTER: Kempen JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12331057 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature