ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2021
Staged Treatment of Asymmetrical Age-related Changes in the Eyelid and Thyroid Eye Disease.
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Abstract
Blepharoplasty for thyroid eye disease (TED) has been indicated for the purpose of improving upper and lower eyelid retraction caused by exophthalmos. Both aponeurotic blepharoptosis and aging lower eyelid are common conditions that require plastic surgeries and could be complicated with other disease conditions, such as TED. This is the first report of planned and staged treatment of the contradictory pathophysiologies of aging changes of upper and lower eyelids associated with TED. A 59-year-old woman suffered complicated bilateral asymmetric aponeurosis blepharoptosis of the lower and upper eyelids, caused by both advanced aging and TED. To achieve aesthetic improvement, three-stage surgical treatments were planned, as follows: (1) Orbital decompression for exophthalmos; (2) Extraocular muscle surgery, if necessary; (3) Blepharoplasty for functional and aesthetic abnormalities due to loosening of the upper and lower eyelids. After medial and lateral orbital floors were opened bilaterally, the patient did not need extraocular surgery. As the final step, levator aponeurosis advancement procedure was performed in the upper eyelids for bilateral asymmetrical aponeurotic blepharoptosis, and transitional lower blepharoplasty using a skin-muscle flap technique via a sub-ciliary incision was performed in the lower eyelids for age-related loosening. The typical face displayed by Graves' disease disappeared, and the symptoms associated with loosening of the upper and lower eyelids improved substantially. Improvement of exophthalmos by orbital decompression revealed the severity of the blepharoptosis and the aging change of lower eyelid. Step-by-step planning from decompression surgery to upper and lower blepharoplasty could lead to sufficient improvement in the facial appearance in TED.
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