ArticleArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia2024
Effect of upper eyelid blepharoplasty on the ocular surface, tear film, and corneal microstructure.
Article in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Objective AS-OCT measurements of tear meniscus parameters following upper eyelid blepharoplasty.International ophthalmology · 2026Article
- GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Ocular Surface: A Narrative Review of Restoration, Remodeling, and Clinical Implications.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
- Unseen Consequences: The Expanding Burden of Iatrogenic Dry Eye Disease in Surgical and Cosmetic Practice.Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2026Review
- Comments on "Surgical Decision Making in Incisional Blepharoplasty in Asians".Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical significance of corneal confocal microscopy characteristics and inflammatory cytokines in Sjögren's syndrome-related dry eye disease.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Functional and Aesthetic Periorbital, Ocular Adnexal and Ocular Surface Changes Linked to GLP-1 Receptor Agonists.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Clinical Case-control Study of Postoperative Ocular Microbiota Colonization Using Microbial Analysis in Patients Undergoing Blepharoplasty.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- The Impact of Levator Muscle Advancement With and Without Upper Blepharoplasty on Dry-Eye Symptoms in Unilateral Ptosis: A Comparative Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dynamic changes in tear film parameters after upper eyelid blepharoplasty measured with anterior segment optical coherence tomography.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to investigate the effect of upper eyelid blepharoplasty with the removal of the skin and a strip of orbicularis oculi muscle on the ocular surface, tear film, and dry eye-related symptoms.
methodsTwenty-two eyes of 22 consecutive patients operated by a single surgeon (21 females; mean age, 61 years; age range, 41-75 years) were included. All subjects completed the Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire, underwent in vivo confocal microscopy, tear film breakup time measurements, the Schirmer test with anesthesia, and fluorescein and lissamine green staining measurements before, 1 month, and 6 months after upper blepharoplasty alone with preseptal orbicularis excision.
resultsA significant increase in Ocular Surface Disease Index, and corneal fluorescein and lissamine green staining and a significant decrease in tear film breakup time were observed after 1 month (p=0.003, p=0.004, p=0.029, and p=0.024 respectively) and 6 months (p=0.001 for all findings). No significant difference in the Schirmer test score was observed during the follow-up. None of the in vivo confocal microscopy parameters showed significant changes during the study.
conclusionsAn increase in dry eye symptoms and a decrease in tear film stability along with ocular surface staining were observed in patients undergoing upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
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