Modified Epiblepharon Repair Preserving Orbicularis Oculi Muscle

Table 3

Correlation of postoperative cosmetic satisfaction with clinical characteristics and the preoperative severity of epiblepharon.

Cosmesis score	Cosmetically satisfactory (n = 75)	Cosmetically unsatisfactory (n = 7)	value	Excellent cosmesis (≥9) (n = 53)	Nonexcellent cosmesis (n = 29)	value
	≥7	<6		≥9	≤8
Age	6.9 ± 3.8	8.3 ± 2.9	0.268	7.2 ± 4.3	6.6 ± 2.6	0.455
BMI	17.9 ± 3.0	18.8 ± 4.2	0.584	17.5 ± 2.7	18.8 ± 3.7	0.124
f/u	5.2 ± 4.3	7.0 ± 2.6	0.122	5.4 ± 5.0	5.1 ± 2.4	0.638
Grade of epiblepharon
Skin fold height	2.7 ± 1.0	3.1 ± 0.9	0.262	2.6 ± 1.0	3.1 ± 0.9	0.027
Corneal touch	2.2 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.8	0.849	2.3 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8	0.266
Severity score	4.9 ± 1.4	5.4 ± 1.3	0.359	4.9 ± 1.3	5.2 ± 1.4	0.340

By independent t-test. Significantly associated parameter.