title: Complications of Oriental blepharoplasty.
abstract: The complications of Oriental blepharoplasty are described according to their clinical appearance and anatomic findings at the time of surgery. The surgical correction of these complications is presented. A total of 42 patients with complications following blepharoplasty were treated. The types of deformities were categorized from their external appearance as asymmetry, retraction and ectropion, blepharoptosis, supratarsal depression, fading of the lid fold, and hemorrhage. The causes of each type of complication are identified according to the intraoperative findings, and the correlation between preoperative and intraoperative findings is explained. Correction of these complications follows identified guidelines, and the results were good to satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Noordhoff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia; D044466:Asian People; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects*