Correction of Congenital Telecanthus by Extended Medial Epicanthoplasty With Skin Redraping Method.
Ann Plast Surg
; 82(5): 528-532, 2019 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30870171
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Recently, skin-redraping medial epicanthoplasty has emerged as an extremely effective way to minimize the resultant scar. We found that the novel skin-redraping medial epicanthoplasty technique, which has been applied to aesthetic surgery, could also be suitable for the correction of congenital epicanthus and telecanthus.METHODS:
We retrospectively identified patients who had an epicanthoplasty from December 2007 to August 2017. Among 47 patients, we identified 19 cases with congenital pathologies (nonaesthetic cases). Overall, 7 patients with at least 2 anthropometric measurements were selected.RESULTS:
There was a mean presurgical intercanthal distance of 35.85 mm (range, 24-52 mm) and a mean intercanthal distance of 26.85 mm (range, 17-36 mm) with a mean difference of 9 mm following postsurgical revision. To better categorize this difference, statistical analysis was conducted using a paired t test, which showed a significant result with P = 0.008.CONCLUSIONS:
Our results revealed that the skin-redraping medial epicanthoplasty technique could be a better option even in the reconstruction of congenital telecanthus as well as aesthetic plastic surgery. It could correct mild to severe telecanthus and minimize scar formation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Craniofacial Abnormalities
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Plastic Surgery Procedures
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Eyelids
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Plast Surg
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article