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The lateral temporal fullness of the upper eyelid in patients presenting for a blepharoplasty is sometimes due to a prolapse of the lacrimal gland. The operative procedures that attempt to reposition the migrated lacrimal gland have been either dangerous in that they cause a dry-eye syndrome or unsatisfactory in that they have a high rate of recurrence or other complications. A new and different operative approach to a herniated or prolapsed lacrimal gland deals with an extraglandular concept of repositioning the gland that corresponds to the general principles of hernial surgery.
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Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Society of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graz, Austria, October 1991
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Plastic Surgery, Arlesheim, Basel, May 1992
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Beer, G.M., Kompatscher, P. A new technique for the treatment of lacrimal gland prolapse in blepharoplasty. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 18, 65–69 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00444250
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