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The evaluation of the skin-muscle and only-skin upper blepharoplasty featuring surface electromyography: a single-masked, randomized split-face prospective study

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Abstract

Background

Even though upper blepharoplasty is one of the most commonly performed procedures in esthetic surgery, there is still no consensus regarding the management of the orbicularis oculi muscle (OOM).

Aim

To compare outcomes of upper eyelid blepharoplasty with or without OOM excision using surface electromyography in a 12 month follow-up.

Methods

A prospective, randomized, single-blinded comparative split-face study was conducted on 26 patients with dermatochalasis. Skin-only upper blepharoplasty was performed on a randomly selected side, and on the contralateral side, a strip of OOM was resected as well. The functional outcomes were assessed using sEMG, and the esthetics were evaluated independently by the operating surgeon, blinded patients, and three blinded ophthalmic surgeons.

Results

The RMS values of maximal contraction of the OOM were statistically significantly lower two weeks after blepharoplasty than the values before surgery in both groups (p < 0,001) and reached the preoperative values after six months. Lagophthalmos occurred in 2 cases in the skin-muscle group (7.69%), and no incidence of lagophthalmos was observed in the skin group. There were comparable esthetic outcomes on both operated sides.

Conclusions

This study is an objective and quantitative report using surface electromyography on upper blepharoplasty with or without a strip of OOM excision. Our results showed that OOM fully recovers after the stripping procedure. The resection of the skin-OOM flap showed no difference in long-term cosmetic results. Therefore, we recommend OOM preservation during upper blepharoplasty unless muscle excision is well-grounded.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Woloska 137 Str, 02-507, Warsaw, Poland

    Larysa Krajewska-Węglewicz

  2. Department of Neurology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Małgorzata Dorobek

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Krajewska-Węglewicz, L., Dorobek, M. The evaluation of the skin-muscle and only-skin upper blepharoplasty featuring surface electromyography: a single-masked, randomized split-face prospective study. Int Ophthalmol 43, 3979–3987 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-023-02801-3

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