• Aesthetic surgery journal · Jun 2018

    A Novel Method for Lower Blepharoplasty: Repositioning of the Orbital Septum Using Inverted T-Shaped Plication.

    • Changsik Pak, Sangjun Yim, Heeyeon Kwon, Yujin Myung, Baek-Kyu Kim, Chan-Yeong Heo, and Jae Hoon Jeong.
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
    • Aesthet Surg J. 2018 Jun 13; 38 (7): 707-713.

    BackgroundNumerous techniques have been used for lower blepharoplasty. The techniques can be classified into four principles: excision of excess fat, septal reset, orbital fat repositioning, and reinforcement of the attenuated orbital septum.ObjectivesWe modified the conventional approach of septal reinforcement to utilize an inverted T-shaped plication with preservation of the orbital fat, repositioning the septum below the arcus marginalis to refine tear-trough deformity.MethodsFrom April 2010 to September 2015, 93 individuals underwent bilateral lower blepharoplasty. Retrospective chart reviews were performed, and the results and complications during the follow-up period were recorded and photographed.ResultsThe patients comprised 76 women and 17 men. Thirteen, 33, and 47 patients exhibited mild, moderate, and severe fat herniation, respectively, accompanied by tear-trough deformity. A total of 70 and 23 patients underwent lower blepharoplasty via subciliary and transconjunctival approaches, respectively. We performed inverted T-shaped plication of the orbital septum in mild and moderate cases and X-shaped plication in severe cases, and in moderate and severe cases, we performed septal repositioning simultaneously. The mean follow-up period was 25 months. When immediate mild lid retraction or lid malposition was observed, it recovered without specific treatment within 1 to 2 weeks. No permanent lid malposition or ectropion was observed in any of the patients.ConclusionsSeptal plication with inverted T-shape or X-shape can minimize the downward forces that affect postoperative eyelid malposition and ectropion. Further, these procedures provide sufficiently strong reinforcement of the orbital septum to restore infraorbital fat herniation.Level Of Evidence 4

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