ArticleSeminars in plastic surgery2015
Reconsideration of the Epicanthus: Evolution of the Eyelid and the Devolutional Concept of Asian Blepharoplasty.
Article in Seminars in plastic surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03294382 (Botulinum Toxin to Improve Results in Epicanthoplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Botulinum Toxin to Improve Results in Epicanthoplasty
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Meta-analysis of the skin redraping method and the Z-plasty method in the correction of epicanthus.Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The Efficacy and Safety of Botulinum Toxin Type A in Prevention of Hypertrophic Scars After Epicanthoplasty: A Split-Face Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Trial
- Dual-Surface Epicanthoplasty for Conservative-to-Moderate Medial Canthal Opening in East Asian Eyelids.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Medial Epicanthoplasty: A Modified Inverted Z-Plasty Technique to Create Ethnic Appropriate Medial Canthal Configuration.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Minimizing Postoperative Scars in Epicanthoplasty: A Concise Review.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Review
- Comparison of Modified Asymmetric Inverse Z-plasty and Z-plasty in the Correction of Epicanthal Folds.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
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- Surgical correction of recurrent epiblepharon in Chinese children using modified skin re-draping epicanthoplasty.International journal of ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Epiblepharon correction in Korean children based on the epicanthal pathology.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2019Article
- [Effectiveness of modified transsection and longitudinal suture in epicanthoplasty].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2018Article
- Cosmetic outcomes of epicanthoplasty for epicanthus tarsalis.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Double eyelidplasty is the most frequent cosmetic procedure for Asians; however, the epicanthal fold has been a conundrum that has limited the cosmetic results of Asian blepharoplasty. To achieve satisfactory results in an Asian double eyelidplasty, the key is an understanding of the true nature of the epicanthus. We propose that the epicanthus developed in the eyelid's evolutionary process. Selective detachment and superomedial reposition of the preseptal portion of the upper orbicularis muscle can resolve the primary cause of epicanthal formation without functional impairment. The vertical skin shortage and resultant skin tension of the upper eyelid can be corrected by subcutaneous dissection and transverse advancement of skin flap. An epicanthoplasty is part of the core surgery for Asian double eyelidplasty, especially when forming a parallel type of double eyelid. Combined epicanthoplasty and double eyelidplasty need to be considered as one complete and inseparable procedure in surgery of the Asian eye.
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