Epicanthoplasty.
10.12701/yujm.1991.8.1.24
- Author:
See Ho CHOI
;
Dong Bo SUN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Epicanthoplasty
- MeSH:
Humans;
Skin
- From:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
1991;8(1):24-31
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Epicanthoplasty was performed in 98 patients with the epicanthal fold. Epicanthal fold was classified into three categories-minimal degree, moderate degree, severe degree-according to its severity. In accurate anatomic dissection in medial canthal area, the pathologic mechanism of the formation of the epicanthal fold, I think, are not only the redundancy of skin, but also the early downward insertion of the preseptal and pretarsal portion of orbicularis oculi muscle. A new surgical technique is described for the correction of the epicanthal fold. The procedure is simple to perform and uniformly gives good results.
