Horizontal shortening of the lower eyelid margin in facial nerve palsy.
Journal
Eye (London, England)
ISSN: 1476-5454
Titre abrégé: Eye (Lond)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8703986
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Jul 2023
06 Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
08
09
2022
accepted:
26
06
2023
revised:
01
03
2023
medline:
7
7
2023
pubmed:
7
7
2023
entrez:
6
7
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
To determine whether horizontal lower eyelid margin length shortens following facial nerve palsy (FNP). A single-centre retrospective audit of lower eyelid margin horizontal length, measuring from the lower lacrimal punctum to lateral canthal angle with a straight plastic ruler, with the eyelid on gentle stretch ('punctum-to-canthus (PC) distance'), recorded in all FNP patients reviewed in July-September 2021. Affected and fellow eyes were compared using parametric testing. Forty-one patients were reviewed. Seventeen were excluded due to previous surgery that would lengthen (e.g., periosteal flap) or shorten (e.g., lateral tarsal strip) the lower eyelid margin. Of the remaining 24, mean age was 52.5 years (range, 27-79) and 54% were female. Mean PC distance was significantly shorter in affected eyes (26.0 mm, range: 22-34 mm) compared to fellow eyes (27.5 mm, 24-35 mm) (paired t-test, T(23) = 6.06, p < 0.00001). Mean difference between both eyes' PC distance was 1.5 mm (0-4 mm). Only three patients were still in the 'paralytic phase' (i.e., <1 year since FNP onset), and difference in PC distance was 0 mm in all three. A reduction in lower eyelid PC distance was weakly associated with a reduction in upper eyelid lid-margin-to-brow distance (R = 0.4775, p = 0.0286). The lower eyelid margin appears to shorten horizontally following FNP. This study provides proof-of-concept for the use of measuring PC distance in patients with FNP as an additional tool for the overall assessment of soft tissue contraction following FNP. It may help identify patients in whom further lower eyelid margin shortening should be avoided and in whom eyelid lengthening may be required.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether horizontal lower eyelid margin length shortens following facial nerve palsy (FNP).
SUBJECTS/METHODS
METHODS
A single-centre retrospective audit of lower eyelid margin horizontal length, measuring from the lower lacrimal punctum to lateral canthal angle with a straight plastic ruler, with the eyelid on gentle stretch ('punctum-to-canthus (PC) distance'), recorded in all FNP patients reviewed in July-September 2021. Affected and fellow eyes were compared using parametric testing.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Forty-one patients were reviewed. Seventeen were excluded due to previous surgery that would lengthen (e.g., periosteal flap) or shorten (e.g., lateral tarsal strip) the lower eyelid margin. Of the remaining 24, mean age was 52.5 years (range, 27-79) and 54% were female. Mean PC distance was significantly shorter in affected eyes (26.0 mm, range: 22-34 mm) compared to fellow eyes (27.5 mm, 24-35 mm) (paired t-test, T(23) = 6.06, p < 0.00001). Mean difference between both eyes' PC distance was 1.5 mm (0-4 mm). Only three patients were still in the 'paralytic phase' (i.e., <1 year since FNP onset), and difference in PC distance was 0 mm in all three. A reduction in lower eyelid PC distance was weakly associated with a reduction in upper eyelid lid-margin-to-brow distance (R = 0.4775, p = 0.0286).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The lower eyelid margin appears to shorten horizontally following FNP. This study provides proof-of-concept for the use of measuring PC distance in patients with FNP as an additional tool for the overall assessment of soft tissue contraction following FNP. It may help identify patients in whom further lower eyelid margin shortening should be avoided and in whom eyelid lengthening may be required.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37414933
doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02661-2
pii: 10.1038/s41433-023-02661-2
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
ID : N/A
Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
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