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Ophthalmic Evaluation Should Be a Preoperative Requirement Prior to Blepharoplasty
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:723.
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After mentioning the majority of potential complications following blepharoplasty,
Drs Burke and Wang focus on the adverse clinical outcome of dry eye syndrome.
Their article primarily addresses the need for preoperative lacrimal testing.
They state that other factors are more helpful and contributory to blepharoplasty
planning than formal tests of lacrimal function. Careful assessment of the
orbit and malar anatomy, canthal ligament integrity, and orbicularis/eyelid
tone helps predict the risk of postoperative lid malposition and lagophthalmos.
On their own, lid malposition problems are significant postblepharoplasty
complications; however, they are also common contributors to a postoperative
dry eye state. Examination of the periocular anatomy and adnexa provides important
clinical information that may prompt adjunct canthopexy and/or canthoplasty
to retain proper eyelid function and position following blepharoplasty and
thus helps avoid dry eye complications.
Nonetheless, ophthalmic evaluation in one form or another should be
part of a complete patient evaluation prior to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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