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ReviewCureus2025

Reducing Periocular Edema: Review and Product Concept.

Isha Gandhi, Robert Adler, Chase Fishman, Fariha Khan, Mark Albert

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Isha GandhiDermatology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Medical School, Minneapolis, USA.
Robert AdlerDermatology, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, USA.
Chase FishmanSports Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA.
Fariha KhanDermatology, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York City, USA.
Mark AlbertPlastic Surgery, Albert Plastic Surgery, New York City, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prompt and gentle reduction of periocular edema is imperative. Here, we comprehensively review diverse accepted and novel strategies to mitigate periocular edema including corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), bromelain, diuretics, surgical and other non-pharmaceutical methods, and cryotherapy. We also introduce the concept for an innovative cryotherapeutic device: Mod-Enswell. Made of surgical steel, Mod-Enswell consists of a rectangular base with short pegs extending from its surface. The device was designed to induce focal vasoconstriction and gradually cool skin, features that are especially important considering the delicate nature of periocular skin. This paper explores various avenues to improve patient recovery following periocular swelling; future comparative investigations will be needed to determine the ideal strategy to reduce periocular edema.

Indexed as

edema reductionenswellmod-enswellperiocular edemaperiorbital edema

Identifiers

PMID39991426
PMCPMC11843588

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