[Schimek's method of correcting senile entropion (author's transl)].

Laxity of skin and tissue over the tarsal plate and spasm of the orbicular muscle along the lid margin lead to senile entropion. The lashes rub against the cornea and this irritation incites further lid spasm. The inferior margin of the tarsus everts easily and in strong cases of entropion the tarsal plate has turned 180 degrees. In 1957 Schimek described a method of correcting senile entropion by a permanently buried horizontal suture which runs from the medial part of the orbicular muscle to the periost of temporal orbital margin. This suture tightens the orbicular muscle and tarsoorbital fascia and provides eversion of the lower border of the tarsus. We have done this operation in 36 patients and were able to examine 24 of them (29 eyes) after a period of one month to 5 years after operation. In 21 patients we noted good results, in 8 cases we found a recurrence of entropion, which means a relatively high recidivity rate with this method.