Abstract | PURPOSE: To compare the functional and cosmetic outcomes of two- and three-point sutures for advancing the levator aponeurosis in blepharoptosis surgery on Asians. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective study examined 60 Asian patients with blepharoptosis who had undergone advancement of the levator aponeurosis: 34 patients (46 eyelids) had ptosis correction using the two-point suture technique and 26 patients (41 eyelids) had ptosis correction using the three-point suture technique. The postoperative marginal reflex distance (MRD1), lid height difference, and eyelid contour were evaluated. RESULTS: Twenty-seven (79.4%) of the 34 patients in the two-point group and 19 (73.1%) of 26 patients in the three-point group had a postoperative MRD1 of 2-4 mm, lids within 0.5 mm of each other, and a satisfactory eyelid contour; this difference was not significant. The rate of reoperation did not differ significantly between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Two- and three-point sutures for advancing the levator aponeurosis were equally effective for correcting blepharoptosis in Asians.
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Authors | Y S Kim, J S Yoon, S Y Jang |
Journal | Eye (London, England)
(Eye (Lond))
Vol. 29
Issue 9
Pg. 1181-5
(Sep 2015)
ISSN: 1476-5454 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 26113504
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Asian People
- Blepharoplasty
(methods)
- Blepharoptosis
(surgery)
- Child
- Eyelids
(surgery)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oculomotor Muscles
(surgery)
- Postoperative Complications
(surgery)
- Reoperation
(statistics & numerical data)
- Retrospective Studies
- Suture Techniques
- Young Adult
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