A new synthetic material for the brow suspension procedure.

Abstract

SUMMARY This report describes the use of a new synthetic material, combining polyester with carbon, in nine brow suspension procedures. The mechanical properties of polyester, with the fibrous tissue inducing properties of carbon, combine to produce a scaffolding on which fibrovascular ingrowth is possible. Subsequent fibrosis gives a permanent effect. Early results indicate that the material is tolerated well in the eyelid, but the problem of early slippage remains.

Surgical Treatment of Severe Ptosis by Modified Brow Suspension Technique

“…[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] The synthetic materials include metal implants, 22 Gore-tex bands, 23 and different suturing materials, such as silk, prolene, polyester, and mersilene. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] The ptosis recurrence rate after surgery with doublethreaded prolene in our study was 9.7%, which is close to the 8% reported by Kemp et al who used the fascia lata suspension technique. 15 This results in the previous study could be due to the incorporation of fibrous tissue between the fascia lata fibres and the bulkiness of the fascia.…”

Mersilene mesh brow suspension: A new modified fox′s procedure - five years clinical experience

“…Some of synthetic sling materials include silicon rods or bands, 19 20 catgut, nylon, silk, or polyester sutures 9 and poly-filament cable-type suture, 21 metals such as gold, silver, and platinum, 9 as well as combined carbon polyester ligaments, 22 and Gore-tex soft tissue patch. 23 Most synthetic materials have a significant incidence of slippage as a result of inadequate tissue incorporation.…”

Open loop fascial sling for severe congenital blepharoptosis

“…Various materials are in use now for the sling, ranging from autogenous fascia, or cadaveric fascia (Wassermann et al, 2001), to prosthetic materials such as PTFE (Stienkoogler, 1987) silicone rods (Callahan, 1970) and polyester and carbon (Cole et al, 1989).…”