Diplopia following blepharoplasty.
The complication of extraocular muscle palsy following blepharoplasty is rare. In a review of 920 blepharoplasties at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, three well-documented cases of diplopia following blepharoplasty could be found. Only one of these cases resolved within two months postoperatively. The explanation offered for this phenomenon is a Volkmann type contracture of the extraocular muscles following edema and hemorrhage into the muscle sheath.
D000368:Aged; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects