Incision and drainage

PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:                Chalazia, both upper and lower lids.

POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:             Chalazia, both upper and lower lids.

PROCEDURE:                                             Incision and drainage.

ANESTHESIA:                                             General.

COMPLICATIONS:                                     None.

PROCEDURE IN DETAIL:                                    The patient was wheeled into the operating room suite, placed on the operating room table, where a routine preop cardiac monitoring was initiated.  IV was inserted into place.  The patient was induced with face mask anesthesia, intubated, and maintained on appropriate mixture of gases for general anesthesia.  Both eyes were prepped and draped in a sterile fashion.  Turning to the right eye, the lower lid was clamped, and lid was everted.  Chalazia was incised and drained.  Then turning to the upper lid, the same procedure was performed.  TobraDex ointment was instilled into the eye.  The eye was patched.  Then turning to the left eye, the exact same procedure was performed, i.e., incision and drainage of chalazion.

The patient was weaned from anesthesia, returned to recovery room in good condition.