Table 1 Clinical data.
Patient | Age | Gender | Eye | Etiology of facial palsy | Weight [g] | Cause of implant removal | Clinical signs | Time from surgery to implant removal [months] | Previous eyelid surgery | Implantation site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | F | L | ANS | Gold [1.4] | extrusion | reddened mildly oedematous lid with visible vessels and thin orbicularis muscle layer | 5 | Yes | GLE group |
2 | 35 | M | R | ANS | Gold [1.4] | extrusion | reddened and mildly oedematous lid with visible blood vessels | 82 | Yes | GLE group |
3 | 42 | M | L | ANS | Gold [1.2] | extrusion | slightly reddened with visible blood vessels | 31 | Yes | GLE group |
4 | 37 | F | L | Trauma | Gold [1.4] | cosmesis | asymptomatic pale eyelid | 12 | No | GUE group |
5 | 60 | F | R | ANS | Gold [1.0] | extrusion | slightly reddened with vessels visible on the surface of the skin | 29 | No | GLE group |
6 | 75 | F | L | HZO | Gold [1.8] | ptosis | pale eyelid with visible contour of the weight | 14 | No | GUE group |
7 | 79 | F | L | ANS | Gold [1.8] | extrusion | slightly reddened lid, parchment skin and very thin orbicularis muscle | 8 | No | GLE group |
8 | 21 | M | L | PGT | Gold [1.2] | Lid oedema | reddened and oedematous lid with visible blood vessels | 21 | No | GLE group |
9 | 56 | F | L | congenital | Gold [1.8] | cosmesis | pale eyelid with visible contour of the weight | 61 | No | GLE group |
10 | 58 | F | L | ANS | Gold [1.2] | Lid oedema | reddened and oedematous eyelid with visible blood vessels | 53 | No | GLE group |
11 | 49 | F | L | ANS | Gold [1.4] | Lid oedema | reddened and oedematous lid with visible blood vessels | 13 | Yes | GLE group |
12 | 62 | F | L | Neurofibromatosis | Gold [1.4] | extrusion | pale cicatrical eyelid | 84 | Yes | GLE group |
