Epicanthoplasty

안내각췌피 성형술(Epicanthoplasty)

  • Choi, See-Ho (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Sun, Dong-Bo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 최시호 (영남대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실) ;
  • 서동보 (영남대학교 의과대학 성형외과학교실)
  • Published : 1991.06.30

Abstract

Epicanthoplasty was performed in 98 patients with the epicanthal fold. Epicanthal fold was classified into three categories-minimal degree, moderate degree, severe degree-according to its severity. In accurate anatomic dissection in medial canthal area, the pathologic mechanism of the formation of the epicanthal fold, I think, are not only the redundancy of skin, but also the early downward insertion of the preseptal and pretarsal portion of orbicularis oculi muscle. A new surgical technique is described for the correction of the epicanthal fold. The procedure is simple to perform and uniformly gives good results.

안내각췌피는 안륜근의 검판전부 및 격막전부의 조기 하방 부착이 근본적인 원인이며, 과다한 피부는 이들 근육이상에 수반되는 이차적인 현상이라고 생각된다. 이의 교정을 위해서는 과도피부의 절제와 안륜근의 절제를 동시에 시행하여, 수술 후 반흔형성을 피하고, 눈의 미용적인 개선도 동시에 가져 올 수 있었다.

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