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15 Years of Upper Eyelid Micro-fat Graft: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Fahd Benslimane1, Henrique Pessoa Ladvocat Cintra2
1Clinique Benslimane of Plastic Surgery, 7, rue Ahmed Annaciri, Palmiers, 20100, Casablanca, Morocco. clinique.benslimane@gmail.com.
Abstract:
This report is the product of investigation to review the result of Micro-fat graft (MFG) for upper eyelid rejuvenation compelled by Dr. Mark Codner and discusses the variety of suboptimal outcomes and rationale for their occurrence.
Methods:
This retrospective review included 1047 patients who underwent upper eyelid rejuvenation between 2001 and 2016.
Results:
The follow-up ranged from 3 to 190 months. Twenty-one patients were judged to have bad outcomes, and on four patients, the results were categorized as "ugly". These undesirable outcomes are categorized and discussed.
Conclusion:
This report documents a variety of poor outcomes and the rationale for their development over a long-term follow-up and discusses the way in which these can be minimized.
Level Of Evidence Iv:
This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
