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

Summary: 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 Bill...

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Main Authors: Esmael Habtamu, Tariku Wondie, Zerihun Tadesse, Bezawit Atinafu, Bizuayehu Gashaw, Abebaw Gebeyehu, E. Kelly Callahan, David Macleod, Matthew J. Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537019302019