title: [Gold weight implants for lagophthalmos correction in chronic facial nerve paralysis (late results)].
abstract: Upper eyelid weigh gold implant is the widely accepted standard for the treatment of paralytic lagophthalmos (PL).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate late outcomes of PL correction with chain gold implants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chain gold implants were inserted in the upper eyelids of 70 patients with lagophthalmos due to chronic facial paralysis. A comprehensive ophthalmic examination was performed prior to surgery and then at months 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results obtained prove the method highly effective. None of the patients developed any severe complications. Cases of implant removal were few. Some of the studied biometric parameters decreased significantly after surgery, while the upper eyelid excursion increased. The implant had no effect on the inner surface of the cornea and its peripheral thickness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efficacy of the proposed eyelid implant has been convincingly demonstrated; late complications have been analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ophthalmology Department, 2 str. 4 Bol'shaya Pirogovskaya St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991.
authors.forename: Y O
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Grusha
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fedorov
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Iskusnykh
authors.affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Psychology, 1 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Bogacheva
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ophthalmology Department, 2 str. 4 Bol'shaya Pirogovskaya St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kobzova
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Novikov
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Fettser
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Eye Diseases, 11 A, B Rossolimo St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119021.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shchegoleva
mesh_terms: D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012426:Russia; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006046:Gold