pper eyelid anesthesia.

• Conditions: Blepharochalasis; Upper eyelid blepharoplasty; Anesthesia; Prilocaine.Blepharochalasis; Bovenooglid correctie; Verdoving; Prilocaïne.

• Registration Number: NL-OMON22369
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 11 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with blepharochalasis, who will have an upper eyelid blepharoplasty for that purpose in the Bergman Clinics Heerenveen or Zwolle upward of the 1st of July 2013.

Exclusion Criteria

Previous surgery on the upper eyelids, hypersensitivity to any component of Xylocaine 1%-Epinephrine or Citanest 3%-Octapressin or other local anesthetics of the amide type, congenital or idiopathic methaemoglobinaemia or inability to score pain using a Visual Analogue Scale (from 0 to 10).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The pain experienced during infiltration of the anesthetic, will be scored by the participants on a Visual Analogue Scale from 0 to 10, with a score of 0 which means no pain and a score of 10 wich means unbearable pain.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The participant will be asked which upper eyelid was more painful during infiltration of the anesthetic: the first (right) upper eyelid, the second (left) upper eyelid, or no difference between the two upper eyelids. Besides that, the plastic surgeon will record for each upper eyelid the number of times that reinjection of anesthetic was needed during the operation (0x, 1x, 2x, etc.).