Editing Stye (section)

===Procedures===
Incision and drainage is performed if resolution does not begin in the next 48 hours after warm compresses are started. Medical professionals will sometimes lance a particularly persistent or irritating stye with a needle to accelerate its draining.<ref>[http://www.medicinenet.com/sty/page2.htm#tocf Sty (Stye, Hordeolum) Causes, Infection Symptoms and Treatment by MedicineNet.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520090900/http://www.medicinenet.com/sty/page2.htm |date=2007-05-20 }}</ref>

Surgery is the last resort in stye treatment. Styes that do not respond to any type of therapies are usually surgically removed. Stye surgery is performed by an ophthalmologist, and generally under local anesthesia. The procedure consists of making a small incision on the inner or outer surface of the eyelid, depending if the stye is pointing externally or not. After the incision is made, the pus is drained out of the gland, and very small [[Surgical suture|sutures]] are used to close the lesion. Sometimes the removed stye is sent for a [[Histopathology|histopathological examination]] to investigate possibility of skin cancer.