PURPOSE: To determine the rate of infection in patients who underwent blepharoplasty with and without carbon dioxide laser resurfacing. DESIGN: A retrospective, nonrandomized, consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen hundred sixty-one patients who underwent upper or lower blepharoplasty, with or without carbon dioxide laser resurfacing. METHODS: Charts of patients who underwent blepharoplasty, with or without laser resurfacing, were analyzed for the presence of postoperative infection, method of treatment, and possible sequelae. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The rate of infection (%) was determined for each group of patients. RESULTS: Infection occurred in 0.2% of patients who underwent blepharoplasty without laser resurfacing and 0.4% of patients who had adjunctive laser resurfacing. No permanent functional or cosmetic sequelae resulted from the episodes of infection. CONCLUSIONS: Infection after blepharoplasty without laser resurfacing is uncommon, indicating that topical antibiotic ointment prophylaxis is a sufficient postoperative regimen. The use of adjunctive laser resurfacing may increase the infection rate slightly.
PURPOSE: To determine the rate of infection in patients who underwent blepharoplasty with and without carbon dioxide laser resurfacing. DESIGN: A retrospective, nonrandomized, consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen hundred sixty-one patients who underwent upper or lower blepharoplasty, with or without carbon dioxide laser resurfacing. METHODS: Charts of patients who underwent blepharoplasty, with or without laser resurfacing, were analyzed for the presence of postoperative infection, method of treatment, and possible sequelae. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The rate of infection (%) was determined for each group of patients. RESULTS:Infection occurred in 0.2% of patients who underwent blepharoplasty without laser resurfacing and 0.4% of patients who had adjunctive laser resurfacing. No permanent functional or cosmetic sequelae resulted from the episodes of infection. CONCLUSIONS:Infection after blepharoplasty without laser resurfacing is uncommon, indicating that topical antibiotic ointment prophylaxis is a sufficient postoperative regimen. The use of adjunctive laser resurfacing may increase the infection rate slightly.
Authors: Davin C Ashraf; Oluwatobi O Idowu; Qinyun Wang; Tak YeEun; Thomas S Copperman; Sombat Tanaboonyawat; Benjamin F Arnold; Catherine E Oldenburg; M Reza Vagefi; Robert C Kersten Journal: Ophthalmology Date: 2020-07-19 Impact factor: 12.079
Authors: Johannes Matiasek; Philip Kienzl; Gerlinde R Otti; Bela R Turk; Gabriel Djedovic; Ulrich M Rieger Journal: Int Wound J Date: 2017-10-23 Impact factor: 3.315