CHAPTER VIII

OPERATIONS UPON THE EYELIDS

Surgical Anatomy, 263. Suture of Wounds of the Eyelids, 263. Operations for Ankyloblepharon, 264; for Symblepharon, 264. Upon the Palpebral Aperture, 265--_Canthoplasty_, 265; _Canthotomy_, 265; _Canthorrhaphy_, 265; _Tarsorrhaphy_, 266. Ptosis Operations, 267; _Shortening the Eyelid by Excision of a portion of the Tarsal Plate_, 267. _Attachment of the Lid to the Occipito-frontalis Muscle_, 268. Advancement of the Levator Palpebræ Muscle, 272. Grafting a portion of the Superior Rectus into the Lid, 273 263-274