Assessment of Changes of Periocular Skin Sensation Following Eyelid and Ocular Surface Surgeries
Assessment of Changes of Periocular Skin Sensation Following Eyelid and Ocular Surface Surgeries
The aim of the study: Assessment of Changes of Periocular Skin Sensation Following Eyelid and Ocular Surface Surgeries.
Study design: an interventional study that will be conducted at the ophthalmology department, Meir hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
the study will include 60 healthy patients, at the ages of 40-80, which are candidates for eyelid surgery: blepharoptosis repair, blepharoplasty, ectropion repair and entropion repair.
The patients will be recruited from Meir's ophthalmology outpatient clinic. Each patient will undergo a full ophthalmologic examination including relevant assessment of the specific eyelid pathology.
The eyelid's sensation will be assessed at 6 points of the eyelid using the Cochet-Bonnet filament-type aesthesiometer (Luneau Ophtalmologie, Paris, France). Measurements will take place before surgery, and two weeks, three months and six months after surgery.
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