Posterior lamellar versus bilamellar tarsal rotation surgery for trachomatous trichiasis: Long-term outcomes from a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We re-examined the participants of a clinical trial four years after enrolment to identify which of the two most commonly used eyelid surgery procedures to treat the blinding stage of trachoma (trachomatous trichiasis, TT), the posterior Lamellar Tarsal Rotation (PLTR) and Billamelar Tarsal Rotation (BLTR), gives better results in the long-term.

Methods

A randomised, controlled, single masked clinical trial was done in Ethiopia. At baseline, adults (aged >18 years with upper lid unoperated TT were recruited from a community-based screening. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1), to either BLTR or PLTR surgery, stratified by surgeon. At 4 years an independent assessor masked to allocation examined the trial participants' eyes using the same procedures as for th

SUBMITTER: Habtamu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6933225 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature