Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy of orbicularis oculi muscle resection combined with mattress suture with eyelash everted for the correction of congenital entropion of the lower eyelid.Methods From January 2019 to January 2022, eighty-two children with congenital lower eyelid entropion admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University were selected. They were divided into the resection group and the suture group by the random number method, with 41 cases in each group. The resection group was treated with orbicularis oculi muscle resection combined with mattress suture with eyelash everted. The suture group was treated with traditional suture method. Two months after the operation, the clinical efficacy, corneal astigmatism, best corrected visual acuity and tear film break-up time of the two groups were compared.Results The effective rate of treatment in the resection group was 98.75%, which was higher than 90.00% in the suture group (P < 0.05). The differences in the cylindrical power, best corrected visual acuity, and tear film break-up time before and after treatment in the resection group were higher than those in the suture group (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the axial length of the eye between the two groups before and after treatment (P > 0.05).Conclusions For treating children with congenital lower eyelid entropion, orbicularis oculi muscle resection combined with mattress suture with eyelash everted is conducive to improving the clinical efficacy and protecting the vision with a good safety profile.