Blepharochalasis drooping upper eyelid
Conditions
Interventions
In all participants one of the upper eyelids will be stunned 'standard' with 5
ml Xylocaine 1%-Adrenaline (lidocainehydrochloride 10 mg/ml with epinephrine 5
µg/ml). The other upper eyelid will be i
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with blepharochalasis who will have upper eyelid blepharoplasty for that purpose in the Bergman Clinics Heerenveen or Zwolle upward of the 1st of November 2013.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Previous surgery on the upper eyelids - Hypersensitivity to any component of Xylocaine 1%-Epinephrine or Citanest 3%-Octapressin or other local anesthetics of the amide type - Congenital or idiopathic methaemoglobinaemia - Inability to score pain using a Visual Analogue Scale
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The pain experienced during infiltration of the anesthetic, has been scored by the participants on a Visual Analogue Scale from 0 to 10, with a score of 0 which means no pain and a score of 10 wich means unbearable pain. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - The participant is asked which upper eyelid was more painful during infiltration of the anesthetic: the first (right) upper eyelid, the second (left) upper eyelid, or no difference between the two upper eyelids. - The plastic surgeon will record for each upper eyelid the number of times that reinjection of anesthetic was needed during the operation, written as 0x, 1x, 2x, etc. - The plastic surgeon will also record which of the upper eyelids did bleed more during surgery (right, left of no difference) and how much swelling (no, slight, moderate of severe), redness (no, slight, moderate of severe) and/or blue discoloration (no, minimal, moderate, severe) of the upper eyelids was seen just after the operation. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed