Artificial tears or artificial tear ointment can be used to provide additional ocular lubrication. Definitive surgical intervention depends on the shape, size, and location of the eyelid coloboma.45 Defects smaller than 50% of the eyelid can often be repaired by mobilizing the lateral canthus, movi...
In certain preferred embodiments, instead of using a liquid medium for the suspension, the particles can be suspended in an ointment such as lanolin, petrolatum and other known ointments. Most of these ointments provide lipid-type material to the treatment system. The mucin-type material particles...