PMID- 3420183
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19881018
LR  - 20190712
IS  - 0032-1052 (Print)
IS  - 0032-1052 (Linking)
VI  - 82
IP  - 4
DP  - 1988 Oct
TI  - The role of the Schirmer's test and orbital morphology in predicting dry-eye 
      syndrome after blepharoplasty.
PG  - 619-25
AB  - The Schirmer's test for tear production has been recommended to identify patients 
      with diminished tear production prior to blepharoplasty. The decision to operate 
      may rest with this simple clinical test. This paper reports a prospective 
      clinical evaluation of 100 consecutive blepharoplasty patients to determine the 
      role of preoperative assessment of the orbital and periorbital morphology and the 
      Schirmer's test in predicting the likelihood of the development of the dry-eye 
      syndrome (DES) postoperatively. Our findings indicate that the morphology of the 
      orbital region is a more important and reliable method of evaluating a 
      predisposition to developing dry eyes postoperatively than is the Schirmer's 
      test. The value of the Schirmer's test is to flag patients prior to 
      blepharoplasty, but it should not be relied on as the sole method of screening 
      patients and it is definitely of less importance than the history and physical 
      examination.
FAU - Rees, T D
AU  - Rees TD
AD  - Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, 
      N.Y.
FAU - LaTrenta, G S
AU  - LaTrenta GS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Plast Reconstr Surg
JT  - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JID - 1306050
SB  - IM
MH  - Eye/pathology
MH  - Eyelids/pathology/*surgery
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Postoperative Complications/diagnosis
MH  - Tears/*metabolism
MH  - Xerophthalmia/*diagnosis/etiology/pathology
EDAT- 1988/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1988/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1988/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1988/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1988/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1988/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/00006534-198810000-00010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Plast Reconstr Surg. 1988 Oct;82(4):619-25. doi: 
      10.1097/00006534-198810000-00010.