Association between the COVID-19 pandemic and granuloma formation following lower blepharoplasty
Shane Griffin, Samantha Butterfield, Rona Z. Silkiss · 2024
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Description
Shane Griffin and co-authors link the pandemic years to a surgical side effect in this 2024 paper. They studied granulomas, small lumps of inflamed tissue, after lower eyelid surgery. The team reviewed 547 first-time operations done between 2018 and 2023 at one academic practice. Most patients were women, with an average age in the mid-sixties.
Operations done during the pandemic carried about twice the odds of a later granuloma. Older patients faced higher odds as well. One surgical route, through the inner eyelid, more than doubled the odds compared with the route through the skin. The authors suggest steroid injections during surgery and gentler fat handling as ways to cut the risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shane Griffin, Samantha Butterfield, Rona Z. Silkiss |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |