pper eyelid cooling.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- BlepharochalasisUpper eyelid blepharoplasty, bovenooglid correctieIce pack, coolingIjskompres, koelen
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28596
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Groningen
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- 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 January 2013.
Exclusion Criteria
Previous surgery on the upper eyelids and the inability to understand a Visual Analogue Scale (from 0 to 10) or a 4-point ratingscale.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain (on a Visual Analoque Scale from 0 to 10), degree of edema, erythema and bruising (on a 4-point rating scale with 0 = no, 1= slight/minimal, 2 = moderate and 3= severe/major).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The participants also noted to which eyelid they experienced or observed less pain, swelling, redness and bruising: the cooled eyelid, the uncooled eyelid or no difference. Finally, after one week all participants scored which treatment they have preferred: cooling, no cooling or no preference.