{"id":11172,"date":"2021-02-12T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/patients\/eye-diseases\/ektropium\/"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T13:40:07","slug":"ectropion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/patients\/eye-diseases\/ectropion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ectropion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<p>Ectropion is an acquired malposition of the eyelid with an outward rotation<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<ul class=\"accordion\" data-accordion data-allow-all-closed=\"true\" data-multi-expand=\"true\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-item grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x\" data-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title small-12 medium-8 large-8 large-offset-4 medium-offset-4 cell\">INTRODUCTION<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x medium-margin-collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-img small-12 medium-4 large-4 cell\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-txt small-12 medium-8 large-8 cell\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The lower eyelid is turned outward and mostly elongated.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Probable course with treatment:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter initial swelling, the eyelid is back against the eyeball.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Probable course without treatment:<\/strong><br \/>\nCorneal problems with possible infection and scarring; possible tearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No other effective treatments are known.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-item grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x\" data-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title small-12 medium-8 large-8 large-offset-4 medium-offset-4 cell\">TREATMENT<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x medium-margin-collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-img small-12 medium-4 large-4 cell\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-txt small-12 medium-8 large-8 cell\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The eyelid is brought into the correct position by sutures. Depending on the size of the eyelid, it is sometimes slightly shortened and tightened during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment and care plan after the operation according to the attending physician.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"accordion-item grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x\" data-accordion-item>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title small-12 medium-8 large-8 large-offset-4 medium-offset-4 cell\">COMPLICATIONS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x medium-margin-collapse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-img small-12 medium-4 large-4 cell\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-txt small-12 medium-8 large-8 cell\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Temporary and permanent health limitations that are likely to occur as a result of the surgery:<br \/>\nTemporary: swelling of the lower eyelid, feeling of tightness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Possible general complications:<\/strong><br \/>\nHemorrhage infection especially in the scar area.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Possible surgery-specific complications:<\/strong><br \/>\nInsufficient correction, though rare., The original problem recurs \u00a0infrequently. Occasionally, &#8220;overcorrection&#8221;, e.g. eyelid is first inward, then outward; all situations can be re-operated if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ectropion is an acquired malposition of the eyelid with an outward rotation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7863,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width-teaser.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11182,"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11172\/revisions\/11182"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bieler-augenzentrum.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}