Resultados clínicos e satisfação dos pacientes após blefaroplastia inferior

• Autor(a) principal: Viana, Giovanni André Pires [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Osaki, Midori Hentona [UNIFESP], Nishi, Mauro [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912011000500006; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/6681
• topic: Self-image; Patient satisfaction; Blepharoplasty; Aesthetics; surgery; Prospective studies; Auto-imagem; Satisfação do paciente; Blefaroplastia; Estética; cirurgia; Estudos prospectivos

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the results of fifty patients undergoing transcutaneous lower eyelid blepharoplasty. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, randomised, controlled trial between April 2005 and May 2007. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: Group 1 consisted of 25 surgical patients undergoing traditional lower blepharoplasty and routine lateral canthopexy; Group 2 consisted of 25 patients undergoing lower blepharoplasty with fat bags transposition and routine lateral canthopexy. We used the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale UNIFESP / EPM to assess patients' self-esteem. We also requested the participation of three independent surgeons, who examined the pre and postoperative photographs and quantified the results with the aid of a topographic scale. RESULTS: The mean age was 48.8 years, predominantly females (96%). The analysis of photographs showed a 96% significant improvement. Self-esteem scores improved from a preoperative average of 5.1 (SD = 4.1) to a mean of 3.6 (SD = 3.5) six months after the operation (p = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Both procedures are safe and effective with low complication rates, causing improvement of self-esteem assessed six months after the operation.