Patient Experience With Blepharoplasty

Parbhu, Keshini C.; Hawthorne, Kristen M.; McGwin, Gerald; Vicinanzo, Matthew G.; Long, John A.

doi:10.1097/iop.0b013e3181eea7d7

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“…Upper blepharoplasty is the goldstandard procedure for correction of dermatochalasis. 5 Blepharoplasty improves abnormal eyelid cosmesis and functionality by removing excess skin and, if required, muscle or fat. It has been reported that blepharoplasty results in improvement in patients' visual function.…”

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Scheimpflug Imaging in Dermatochalasis Patients Before and After Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty

Doğan

Kocaoğlu

Yalnız-Akkaya

et al. 2014

Seminars in Ophthalmology

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The repositioning of the upper eyelid does not lead to significant changes in visual acuity, steepest keratometric reading, anterior chamber depth, central corneal thickness, or astigmatic power vector of J0 and J45. The only parameter that was significantly different from the preoperative value was the steepest keratometry reading in Group 1 patients. According to our results, blepharoplasty seems not to cause significant changes in the main corneal indices.

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Scheimpflug Imaging in Dermatochalasis Patients Before and After Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty

Doğan

Kocaoğlu

Yalnız-Akkaya

et al. 2014

Seminars in Ophthalmology

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“…Subjects were asked to rate each parameter on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 representing absent and 10 representing the most severe level that the patient could imagine. 8,9 Before the questionnaire was administered, the patients were told that they were required to anticipate the degree of postoperative pain, daily life disruption, and PONV lasting for less than 3 days, and blurred vision, diplopia, foreign body sensation, conjunctival redness, and eyelid swelling lasting from 1 to 4 weeks. Patient expectations were evaluated, using the questionnaire, both before and after strabismus surgery.…”

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Differences between patient expectations and actual strabismus surgery experience in adults

Ryu

Sohn

Ahn

2015

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…4 Prior studies have addressed patient satisfaction following blepharoplasty, but there is a dearth of literature specifically analyzing the primary pre-and postoperative queries and concerns of patients. [5][6][7][8] As with many elective cosmetic procedures, patients present with a list of questions that frequently influence their decision to pursue surgical intervention. In fact, an analysis of plastic surgery satisfaction by Chen et al found that one of the highest correlated factors for a patient to recommend a practice or provider to someone else was the provider's ability to address patient questions.…”

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A Machine Learning Analysis of Queries Related to Blepharoplasty

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Introduction: Blepharoplasty is a commonly performed cosmetic procedure which can help reduce age-related changes around the eyes. Like other surgical procedures, patient satisfaction is highly correlated with physician responsiveness to questions. As social media becomes more popular, patients are increasingly turning to online sources of information such as Realself.com , a website where patients can ask questions to verified physicians. We extracted and analyzed blepharoplasty-related questions on Realself to gain greater understanding of commonly asked pre- and postoperative questions. Materials and Methods: A Web crawler was used to gather the text for each question under the search term “eyelid surgery.” Questions were individually assigned by the authors to respective pre- or postoperative categories. Preoperative categories included eligibility for surgery, nonsurgical options, potential adverse effects, surgeon recommendations, surgical techniques and logistics, ability to pursue other surgeries following blepharoplasty, cost, and miscellaneous. Postoperative question categories included symptoms after surgery, appearance, behavior allowed/disallowed, options to revise surgery, and miscellaneous. Machine learning was then utilized to establish the most common pre- and postoperative questions. Results: 2009 blepharoplasty questions were extracted in total. A total of 60.93% of questions were preoperative related and 39.07% of questions were postoperative related. Preoperative questions were predominantly about eligibility for surgery (43.85%), while the majority of postoperative question were related to symptoms after surgery (17.42%) and appearance (10.80%). Machine learning analysis showed that most preoperative questions inquired about the possibility of correcting specific features, whereas most postoperative questions focused on resolving complications following surgery. Conclusion: As health information becomes more prevalent online, our results underscore the need for greater awareness about frequently asked questions to help surgeons preemptively address patient concerns about blepharoplasty. Our 10 most common questions can be used in the clinical setting as a patient educational handout to augment the preoperative experience.

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Patient Experience With Blepharoplasty

Abstract: Postoperative patient experience with blepharoplasty is based largely on anecdotal evidence; the data from this study will facilitate more objectively based preoperative counseling.

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Scheimpflug Imaging in Dermatochalasis Patients Before and After Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty

Scheimpflug Imaging in Dermatochalasis Patients Before and After Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty

Differences between patient expectations and actual strabismus surgery experience in adults

A Machine Learning Analysis of Queries Related to Blepharoplasty

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