[Treatment of benign eyelid conditions with Argon laser].

Eyelid surgery is not always uneventful. Complications (punctal ectropion, retractile scars) can sometimes occur. Argon laser treatment is an interesting alternative technique, particularly in cases with cosmetic indications.

[A new biomaterial in surgery of ptosis with frontalis suspension: wide pore PTFE].

Background: In brow suspension, there is agreement that fresh tissue (autogenous fascia lata or temporalis fascia) provides the best results in terms of low complications and duration of the effect. Yet, the morbidity of fresh tissue harvesting is not negligible. Many alternative materials have disadvantages in terms of duration of the procedure and side effects.

[The eyelid of the competitive swimmer].

Two cases of pseudo-baggy eyelid localized to the medial part of the superior lid are described. This peculiar feature occurred in two teenagers girls who regularly wore hard plastic protective goggles during swimming competition. Wearing goggles is probably responsible for the development of this new, and to our knowledge, previously unreported syndrome.

[Analysis of the efficacy of the large mono-canalicular intubation stent in the treatment of lacrimation caused by congenital obstruction of the lacrimal ducts in infants].

Background: Bicanaliculo-nasal intubation (BCNI) is considered as the method of choice in the treatment of naso-lacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) in children. Side effects of BCNI are possible and monocanaliculo-nasal intubation (MCNI) provides the same results with fewer complications. Nevertheless, most of the short duration monocanaliculonasal stent complications concern the migration of the silicone stent in the canaliculus.

[Role of nasolacrimal intubation in the treatment of lacrimation caused by congenital lacrimal duct obstruction in infants].

We report a study of a series of 83 cases of congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction treated with monocanaliculonasal or bicanaliculonasal silicone intubation. Efficacy, complications, as well as the duration of the placement of the probes were studied. The analysis of the various factors of this series (age of the infants at the time of intubation, duration and type of intubation, complications) demonstrated the superiority of short-term monocanaliculonasal intubation (about four weeks) compared to longer intubation.