Carbon Dioxide Laser Transconjunctival Lower Blepharoplasty: An Objective and Quantitative Comparison to Monopolar Electrosurgery. 2023

Chia-Fang Chen, and Shih-Hsuan Mao, and Cheng-I Yen, and Shih-Yi Yang, and Yen-Chang Hsiao, and Jui-Yung Yang, and Shu-Yin Chang, and Shiow-Shuh Chuang, and Hung-Chang Chen
From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University.

The ability to simultaneously cut and perform hemostasis with low lateral thermal injury makes carbon dioxide laser a useful tool in blepharoplasty. Monopolar electrosurgery is another commonly used cutting tool that improves the quality of hemostasis and cutting speed. This study aimed to objectively and quantitatively assess the intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty using either a carbon dioxide laser or monopolar electrosurgery. Between August of 2018 and March of 2021, 78 patients who underwent transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty were assigned randomly to the carbon dioxide laser group or the monopolar electrosurgery group. Patient-related parameters were recorded. Periorbital bruises were assessed objectively and quantitatively using the ecchymosis evaluation score. Analyses were performed using the independent sample t test, the Mann-Whitney U test, the chi-square test, and the Fisher exact test. Sex, age, local anesthesia injection volume, and fat removal volume were not different between the groups. Patients' subjective intraoperative heat sensation was significantly higher in the monopolar electrosurgery group than in the carbon dioxide laser group. The carbon dioxide laser group had a significantly lower incidence of postoperative chemosis than the monopolar electrosurgery group. All patients had uncomplicated wound healing, except three (7.89%) patients in the monopolar electrosurgery group who developed conjunctival granuloma. Operation time, intraoperative pain sensation, intraoperative blood pressure, postoperative ecchymosis, conjunctivitis, and patients' aesthetic satisfaction did not differ between the groups. The authors' findings revealed that carbon dioxide laser is a useful technique for reducing intraoperative heat sensation and postoperative chemosis and may prevent conjunctival wound complications. Therapeutic, II.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002245 Carbon Dioxide A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals. Carbonic Anhydride,Anhydride, Carbonic,Dioxide, Carbon
D004438 Ecchymosis Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia. Ecchymoses
D004598 Electrosurgery Division of tissues by a high-frequency current applied locally with a metal instrument or needle. (Stedman, 25th ed) Electrosurgeries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D053685 Laser Therapy The use of photothermal effects of LASERS to coagulate, incise, vaporize, resect, dissect, or resurface tissue. Laser Knife,Laser Scalpel,Surgery, Laser,Vaporization, Laser,Laser Ablation,Laser Knives,Laser Photoablation of Tissue,Laser Surgery,Laser Tissue Ablation,Nonablative Laser Treatment,Pulsed Laser Tissue Ablation,Ablation, Laser,Ablation, Laser Tissue,Knife, Laser,Knifes, Laser,Knive, Laser,Knives, Laser,Laser Knifes,Laser Knive,Laser Scalpels,Laser Surgeries,Laser Therapies,Laser Treatment, Nonablative,Laser Treatments, Nonablative,Laser Vaporization,Nonablative Laser Treatments,Scalpel, Laser,Scalpels, Laser,Surgeries, Laser,Therapies, Laser,Therapy, Laser,Tissue Ablation, Laser
D054020 Lasers, Gas Lasers in which a gas lasing medium is stimulated to emit light by an electric current or high-frequency oscillator. Argon Ion Lasers,CO2 Lasers,Carbon Dioxide Lasers,Copper Vapor Lasers,Gas Lasers,Gold Vapor Lasers,Helium Lasers,Helium Neon Gas Lasers,Metal Vapor Lasers,Nitrogen Lasers,Xenon Ion Lasers,HeNe Lasers,Lasers, Argon Ion,Lasers, CO2,Lasers, Carbon Dioxide,Lasers, Copper Vapor,Lasers, Gold Vapor,Lasers, Helium,Lasers, Helium Neon Gas,Lasers, Metal Vapor,Lasers, Nitrogen,Lasers, Xenon Ion,Argon Ion Laser,CO2 Laser,Carbon Dioxide Laser,Copper Vapor Laser,Dioxide Laser, Carbon,Dioxide Lasers, Carbon,Gas Laser,Gold Vapor Laser,HeNe Laser,Helium Laser,Ion Laser, Argon,Ion Laser, Xenon,Ion Lasers, Argon,Ion Lasers, Xenon,Laser, Argon Ion,Laser, CO2,Laser, Carbon Dioxide,Laser, Copper Vapor,Laser, Gas,Laser, Gold Vapor,Laser, HeNe,Laser, Helium,Laser, Metal Vapor,Laser, Nitrogen,Laser, Xenon Ion,Lasers, HeNe,Metal Vapor Laser,Nitrogen Laser,Vapor Laser, Copper,Vapor Laser, Gold,Vapor Laser, Metal,Vapor Lasers, Copper,Vapor Lasers, Gold,Vapor Lasers, Metal,Xenon Ion Laser
D019882 Blepharoplasty Plastic surgery of the eyelid. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Blepharoplasties

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