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This chapter discusses the evaluation, etiologies, and select management of lower eyelid entropion and ectropion. Entropion, or a turning inward of the lower eyelid margin, may be due to involutional, cicatricial, spastic, or congenital etiologies. Ectropion, or turning outward of the eyelid margin, may be due to involutional, cicatricial, paralytic, mechanical, or congenital causes. The principal goals of surgical correction for both entropion and ectropion are re-establishment of normal anatomy, corneal protection, preservation of vision, a normalization of the ocular tear surface, and cosmesis.

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  1. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Emily M. Laurent

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    John J. Woog

  3. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Gregory J. Griepentrog

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University Department of Ophthalmology, Portland, OR, USA

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  2. Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA

    Joan Miller

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Ophthalmology, Chicago, IL, USA

    Dimitri Azar

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Laurent, E.M., Woog, J.J., Griepentrog, G.J. (2020). Lower Eyelid Malpositions. In: Albert, D., Miller, J., Azar, D., Young, L.H. (eds) Albert and Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90495-5_86-1

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