Diagnostic criteria for personalized surgical treatment of congenital blepharoptosis in children
- Authors: Ivanova S.P.1, Davydov D.V.2
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Affiliations:
- S.V. Belyaev Kuzbass Regional Clinical Hospital
- National Medical Research Radiological Center
- Issue: Vol 18, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 7-15
- Section: Original study articles
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/ov/article/view/349521
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/OV679587
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/TTIBTT
- ID: 349521
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Blepharoptosis is the most common congenital disorder of the upper lid position manifested as drooping. Treatment of this condition is surgical. However, despite the development of many preoperative diagnostic criteria for choosing surgical strategy, to date, no single set of pre-, intra-, and postoperative diagnostic criteria has been developed to achieve sustained, intended, functional, and esthetic outcomes.
AIM: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of preoperative diagnostic criteria on selection of surgical strategy and to analyze surgical outcomes.
METHODS: The study was conducted from 2019 to 2024 and included 116 naive children diagnosed with congenital blepharoptosis. The patients were divided into two treatment groups, and different sets of diagnostic preoperative criteria for choosing surgical strategy were used in both of them. Surgical procedures included resection of the upper lid levator or superior tarsal muscle. Intraoperative diagnostic criteria were additionally applied in group 2. Postoperatively, patients were followed-up on days 1, 3, and 7 and at months 1, 3, and 6 to evaluate the surgical outcomes.
RESULTS: Undercorrection in 13 (33.33%) patients required re-intervention in group 1 (n = 39), where the diagnostic preoperative examination included 5 criteria. In the late postoperative period (over 6 months), persistent mild lagophthalmos was observed in 7 (17.95%) patients. For group 2 (n = 77), the preoperative diagnostic examination included 12 criteria, and intraoperative diagnostic criteria were also applied. A total of 16 (20.78%) patients required re-intervention, and postoperative persistent mild lagophthalmos was reported in 1 (1.3%) patient. The study demonstrated 12.55% decrease in re-interventions and 16.65% decrease in a postoperative complication of persistent lagophthalmos.
CONCLUSION: Additional criteria for preoperative examination allowed considering the anatomical and physiological characteristics of children with congenital blepharoptosis to choose surgical strategy, and intraoperative diagnostic criteria provided intended, sustained, functional, and esthetic outcomes.
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Sofia P. Ivanova
S.V. Belyaev Kuzbass Regional Clinical Hospital
Author for correspondence.
Email: sofaivanova613@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4131-6349
SPIN-code: 6752-3373
MD
Russian Federation, KemerovoDmitry V. Davydov
National Medical Research Radiological Center
Email: d-davydov3@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8025-4830
SPIN-code: 1368-2453
P. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute, MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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