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“Minding the ends”: a simple technique for repair of lower eyelid lacerations
  1. S N Ali,
  2. P G Budny
  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Mr S N Ali
 Department of Plastic Surgery, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 8AL, UK; mrnadirhotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2003.007401

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    It is a common observation in suturing lower eyelid wounds that the cut ends of sutures cause a nuisance. When cut short they tend to irritate the cornea. Cut long they need to be controlled, but tape dressings often become detached because of epiphora …

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