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Disaster in Cosmetic Surgery: Inadvertent Formalin Injection During Blepharoplasty Publisher Pubmed



Rajabi MT1 ; Makateb A1 ; Hashemi H1 ; Holland EJ2 ; Djalilian A3 ; Nerad JA4
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  1. 1. Department of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin Square, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service, Cincinnati Eye Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
  3. 3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
  4. 4. Department of Ophthalmic Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery, Cincinnati Eye Institute, OH, United States

Source: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Published:2015


Abstract

The authors report a case where formalin was accidentally injected into the eyelids of a 71-year-old woman undergoing blepharoplasty, causing full thickness necrosis of both upper eyelids and ocular complications that required multiple reconstructive surgical procedures. Copyright © 2015 The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.