[Treatment of cicatricial ectropions of the eyelids (author's transl)].

Cicatricial ectropions arise following burns, certain dermatoses, trauma with subsequent development of vicions scar tissue, and after evulsion of the eyelids. Operations on the ocular globe or eyelids may also lead to a cicatricial ectropion, while skin retraction during the advanced stages of ectropion due to hypotonia and congenital ectropions have to be considered as a separate group. Surgical treatment consists of correcting the skin deficiency by means of flaps or grafts, and reconstituting the internal angle when necessary. The principal surgical techniques and the types of flaps employed are described, as well as the indications for therapy as a function of the clinical form.