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Rick Jaggi, MD; Rob Hart, MD, FRCSC; S. Mark Taylor, MD, FRCSC

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2009;11(5):349-352.

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This study was designed as an assessment tool of patient satisfaction following upper eyelid blepharoplasty. A validated questionnaire was used to base the analysis. Specifically, our aim was to determine whether a clinically significant difference exists in quality of closure and to measure patient satisfaction, visibility of scars, and pain associated with the procedure when comparing absorbable suture with nonabsorbable suture in the closure of an upper eyelid blepharoplasty. Our primary goal was to objectively assess patient satisfaction following upper eyelid blepharoplasty. A secondary goal was to assess patient-perceived differences in terms of pain and visibility of scars between absorbable and nonabsorbable suture closure.

Traditionally, the success of a particular surgical procedure, even an aesthetic one, has been measured mostly by subjectively perceived outcome and to some degree by the frequency of complications.¹ However, because complications occur much . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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