[A report of 136 cases of upper eyelid fold formation together with medial canthoplasty].
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.
Zhang
Hai-ming
HM
Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sicences, Beijing 100041, China.
Xu
Yang
Y
Zheng
Xing-yue
XY
Zhao
Yu-ming
YM
Lin
Huang
H
Yang
Yu
Y
Hu
Shou-tuo
ST
Wang
Jia-qi
JQ
D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012867:Skin