Double-Fold Operation with a Partial Incision and Continuous Buried Suture.
10.14730/aaps.2017.23.3.122
- Author:
In Sook KANG
1
;
Ji Seon CHOI
;
Jeong Geun HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Blepharoplasty;
Double fold;
Eyelids;
Suture techniques
- MeSH:
Blepharoplasty;
Cicatrix;
Eyelids;
Granuloma;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Korea;
Methods;
Orbit;
Suture Techniques;
Sutures*;
Tissue Adhesions
- From:Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2017;23(3):122-126
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The double fold operation is one of the most common aesthetic surgeries in Korea. There are many methods to make double fold using non-incision, incision and partial incision. Patients seeking double folds prefer natural appearance, less downtime, minimal scarring technique. The most favorable method is the minimal invasive but long-lasting fold formation technique. METHODS: From October 2003 to September 2016, this procedure was applied in 7,963 patients who worried about surgical scar or preferred non-incision method with puffy eyelids. Five stab incisions including two small incisions were taken in the upper eyelid. Through the small incision lines, the pretarsal muscle and the orbital fat were removed to facilitate tissue adhesion. The double fold line was made with the continuous buried suture. The suture was tied in the fifth stab incision site and the knot was placed deeply to prevent granuloma formation. RESULTS: This method was performed in all patients. The complications were asymmetry (52 cases), fold loosening (43 cases), granuloma (12 cases), conjunctival hemorrhage (5 cases), and scar (4 cases). Especially 74% of fold loosening cases were developed in mild ptotic patients. CONCLUSIONS: This method achieves good cosmetic result, shorter operation time, less morbidity, faster recovery in puffy eyelids than the other method.
