objective: to study the safety and surgical time required when using the tissue adhesive 2-ethyl-cyanoacrylate compared with conventional suture in upper lid blepharoplasty. method: a retrospective study was performed on 40 eyes of 20 patients who underwent bilateral upper lid blepharoplasty. in 7 patients, continuous non-absorbable suture (6-0 nylon monofilament ethilon？, ethicon inc., somerville, nj) was used for closure of the incision and in 13 patients 2-ethyl-cyanoacrylate (epiglue？, meyer -haake, germany) was used. the variables studied were intraoperative time required to close the incision, the cost of the material used and the incidence of infections and suture dehiscence. results: the average time taken to close the incision was 6.069 minutes with cyanoacrylate and 11.914 minutes with conventional suture (p
Blefaroplastia: suturar o usar cianocrilato? Blepharoplasty: to suture or to use cyanoacrylate? SEM MEDO DE [O]USAR: Inclus o digital em campos Indic...suture; cyanoacrylate; blepharoplasty., Open Access Libraryobjective: to study the safety and surgical time required when using the tissue adhesive 2-ethyl-cyanoacrylate compared with conventional suture in upper lid blepharoplasty. method: a retrospective study was performed on 40 eyes of 20 patients who underwen...Blefaroplastia: ？suturar o usar cianocrilato?