Clinical efficacy of five-flap method in epicanthus correction / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the clinical application of five flaps method in epicanthus correction.Methods:From May 2009 to July 2016, 39 surgical cases were collected, including 2 males and 37 females, aged 18-55 years, with an average age of 32 years. Patients with single eyelid accompanied by epicanthus and epicanthus alone were treated with the five-flap method to correct epicanthus combined with double eyelid plasty or the five-flap method to correct epicanthus. Postoperative follow-up was conducted for 2 weeks to 10 years.Results:All incisions healed in one stage without triangular flap necrosis. From 2 weeks to 3 months after operation, the medial canthus had slight scar hyperplasia reaction. Three months after operation, the scar hyperplasia reaction subsided without complications, no obvious scar, epicanthus correction, natural shape of the inner canthus angle, obvious narrowing of the distance between the inner canthus, and increased length of bilateral eyelid fissure. The eyelid shape was natural, and the inner canthus connected smoothly and naturally.Conclusions:Five-flap method for correction of epicanthus can effectively alleviate the tension of epicanthus skin by lengthening the main axis of epicanthus, relax the tension-free cross-joint of local tissues, relieve epicanthus, fully expose the angle of epicanthus, enlarge the transverse diameter of palpebral fissure, and avoid contracture of arc scar of epicanthus.