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Last updated: 11/24/2009

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Cassel, M.D., H. Gary, Michael D. Billig, O.D.,and Harry G. Randall, M.D. The Eye Book: A Complete Guide to Eye Disorders and Health. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

Daly, Stephen, ed....

Everything You Need to Know About MedicalTreatments. Springhouse, PA: Springhouse Corp., 1996.

Sardegna, Jill Otis, et al. The Encyclopedia of Blindness andVision Impairment, 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2002.



 
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Tarsorrhaphy is a surgical procedure in which the eyelids are partially sewn together to narrow the opening (i.e. palpebral fissure).


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsorrhaphy

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Approximately 56% of all patients achieve results of 20/20 or better and over 90% achieve 20/40 or better (which is good enough to drive without corrective lenses in most regions).1 Those with moderate to high myopia (greater than 7 diopters) have a lesser chance of achieving that result. As technique and technology improve, the results continue to improve.


From: Eye Surgery Education Council

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