AIM:Comparison of curative effect of different surgical methods on children with meibomian cyst.

METHODS: Totally 150 children who needed meibomian gland cyst surgery were selected and divided into traditional group and cauterization group. The traditional group used traditional surgical excision and the cauterization group took cysts to remove povidone-iodinated cotton tablets. The average operation time, the probability of hematoma, cure rate, recurrence rate and family satisfaction.

RESULTS:There was no significant difference in general data of children in traditional group and cautery group(P>0.05). The average operation time of the traditional group and the cautery group were(14.5±2.58)min and(12.29±1.53)min(P<0.05); the probability of hematoma was 21.3% and 9.3%, and the cautery group had less compared with the traditional group(P<0.05); The total effective rates of the cautery group and the traditional group were 97.3% and 89.3% respectively(P>0.05), there were fewer children in the cautery group(P>0.05); the satisfaction of the family members of the children in the cauterization group was 97.3%, better than the traditional group 86.7%(χ²=4.832, P<0.05).

CONCLUSION:The use of cyst curettage plus povidone-iodine cotton tablets for cauterization can reduce the operation time and hematoma rate of meibomian gland cysts, and the curative effect is high. It is worthy of clinical application.