Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with conjunctival and eyelid cancers: experience in 17 patients.

Purpose: To assess lymph node invasion through the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in conjunctival and eyelid tumor patients and ascertain the impact of this technique in therapeutic management recommended by the multidisciplinary consensus committee.

Methods: A single center prospective nonrandomized clinical study was conducted between January 2008 and January 2010. Seventeen patients were included: 4 (2 conjunctiva and 2 eyelid) melanomas, 4 eyelid Merkel cell tumors, 8 (2 conjunctiva, 2 eyelid, 2 eyelid and conjunctiva, 2 cornea and conjunctiva) squamous cell tumors, and 1 eyelid meibomian carcinoma.

Long-term outcome after Reny canaliculoplasty for extended canalicular stenosis.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term functional outcome in patients undergoing a canaliculoplasty that turns the lacrimal sac inside out for extended canalicular stenosis, and to determine the place of this technique in comparison with other surgical techniques proposed for this difficult condition.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted over a ten-year period (1990-2000). Thirty-eight patients (21 men and 17 women) were included.