Trial reportAesthetic plastic surgery2023
Evaluation of the Effect of Dermatochalasis and Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty Surgery on Corneal Epithelial Thickness Alterations.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty: Surgical Techniques and Results-Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Epithelial and Topographic Corneal Remodeling After Ptosis and Ectropion Surgery: An MS-39-Based Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- The Impact of the Position of the Upper Eyelid on the Profile of Epithelial Thickness and the Topography of the Cornea.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Effect of Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty on Corneal Biomechanical Parameters.Korean journal of ophthalmology : KJO · 2025Article
- Blepharoptosis and corneal epithelial thickness alterations, is there any relation?BMC ophthalmology · 2024Article
- The Effect of Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty on Corneal Biomechanical Parameters Measured by Corvis ST.Journal of current ophthalmologyArticle
- Comparison of Corneal Surface Symmetry and Optical Aberrations after Conventional versus Brassiere Suture Technique in Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty.Journal of current ophthalmologyArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the effect of different grades of dermatochalasis (DC) and upper eyelid blepharoplasty (UEB) surgery on corneal epithelial thickness (CET), objectively using anterior segment-optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) measurements.
methods90 eyes of patients with DC were divided into three groups according to the severity of the DC. Forty-one eyes of age and sex-matched patients without DC were randomly selected as the control group. The study did not include patients with more than 2 D of spherical refractive error and more than 1.5 D of astigmatism, a history of previous eyelid surgery, ocular surface disease, contact lens use, and ophthalmic eye drop use. CET measurements of all the patients were performed with an AS-OCT (RTVue-XR, Optovue Inc., USA).
resultsThere were statistically significant differences in the CET of the superior, superonasal, superotemporal, inferotemporal, and temporal sectors between the DC and control groups (p = 0.001, p = 0.02, p = 0.03, p = 0.02, p = 0.04, respectively). While there were no differences in CET among the sectors of the control group, there was a difference in CET among some sectors of the DC group. When the DC group was subdivided by severity, there was no difference between subgroups for CET across all sectors both preoperatively and postoperatively. In the measurements made 6 months after UEB surgery, the CET in all sectors increased statistically significantly compared to those measured in the preoperative period.
conclusionThis study revealed that DC reshaped the corneal epithelium and UEB surgery restored this remodeling 6 months after surgery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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