title: [A report of 136 cases of upper eyelid fold formation together with medial canthoplasty].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find a new method to perform medial canthoplasty and upper eyelid fold formation at one stage.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on the principle to release the skin tension and minimize incision scarring around the medial canthus, an operation was designed for medial canthoplasty together with upper eyelid fold formation. 136 patients with mild or moderate epicanthus underwent this procedure. Postoperative follow-up was as long as 34 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on the follow-up of 67 cases, the appearances of the upper eyelid fold and medial canthus were evaluated. The upper eyelid fold was the parallel type. The epicanthus was corrected completely or mostly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new method for medial canthoplasty together with upper eyelid fold formation is suitable to all the simple epicanthus except the reverse epicanthus. The operative results were effective and satisfactory.
authors: Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sicences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors: Hai-ming
authors: HM
authors: Zhang
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Xu
authors: Xing-yue
authors: XY
authors: Zheng
authors: Yu-ming
authors: YM
authors: Zhao
authors: Huang
authors: H
authors: Lin
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Yang
authors: Shou-tuo
authors: ST
authors: Hu
authors: Jia-qi
authors: JQ
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012867:Skin