Clinical Study
Evaluation of Polybutylate-Coated Braided Polyester (Ethibond)
Sutures for Levator-Advancement Blepharoptosis Repair
Table 1
MRD1 in ten patients (16 eyelids) with blepharoptosis.
| | | | | | | Postoperative MRD | | | | Age | Gender | Eyelid | Preop. MRD | MRD | MRD | MRD | MRD | MRD | MRD | Complications | | | | | | | 1 week | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year | >1 year | |
| | 1 | 64 | F | R |
0.5
| 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | | | | 2 | 69 | F | R |
1.0
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
**, # | | 3 | 38 | M | L |
1.5
| 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | | | | 4 | 61 | M | R |
0
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | | | | 5 | 70 | F | R |
0.5
| 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | | | L |
1.0
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | | | 6 | 75 | M | R | −1.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | | | | L |
0
| 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | | | | 7 | 79 | F | R |
0.8
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | | | | L |
0
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | | | | 8 | 81 | F | R | −0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
**, # | | L |
0.5
| 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | | | 9 | 63 | F | R |
1.0
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | | | | L |
1.5
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | | | | 10 | 78 | M | R | −1.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | | | L | −0.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
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Complications: *recurrence, **infection, #inflammation, ##granuloma formation.
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