Eyelid lacerations secondary to caesarean section delivery.

A 32-week-gestation female was delivered emergently via caesarian section to a mother in premature labor due to placental abruption. On delivery, the neonate was noted to have sustained right upper and lower eyelid full-thickness lacerations extending from the medial canthal area with associated right upper and lower full-thickness canalicular lacerations. The neonate underwent same-day surgical repair of her eyelid lacerations with stenting of her canalicular system with a Crawford tube.

Corneal power measurements in fixating versus anesthetized nonfixating children using a handheld keratometer.

Purpose: To compare keratometry measurements on a fixating patient with readings from the same nonfixating patient intraoperatively using the Nidek KM-500 handheld keratometer.

Methods: Consecutive patients who were scheduled for strabismus or nasolacrimal surgery between 5 and 11 years of age were included in the study. Handheld keratometry was performed preoperatively on both eyes with the child fixating and intraoperatively with the child anesthetized.