Periciliary Y-V epicanthoplasty.

摘要: The epicanthal fold is a semilunar flap of eyelid skin on the medial aspect eye. Many surgical techniques have been described to eliminate fold, which feature uniquely predominant among Asian population. However, many surgeons avoid epicanthoplasty because fear visible scar formation. From January 2002 April 2004, 118 patients with folds underwent using periciliary Y-V advancement procedure for prevention mean age was 25.2 years (range, 16 56 years). median follow-up period 6 months 2 weeks We performed only when patient had wide interepicanthal distance (over 32 mm) or completely eclipsed lacrimal caruncle. Most attained satisfactory results, and there were few complications in our cases. Scarring canthal area has not problem this technique we designed incisions along eyelashes skin-mucosal junctions. found that very reliable effective method eliminating minimal