I was told by one surgeon, he can only do ptosis repair while I am awake, and otherwise my eyes may not be symmetrical after the surgery. He said he needed to ask me to open my eyes and close my eyes during the surgery to determine if my eyes blink symmetrically. Is that true? I want to be sedated. Is it possible? Many thanks.
December 15, 2014
Answer: Sedation for ptosis repair I always do eyelid surgery under some kind of sedation as I can certainly understand how anxiety provoking surgery on your eyelids can be! That said, your surgeon is correct that it is important for you to be able to open and close your eyes for him during the surgery to assure symmetry. I usually sedate patients heavily at the beginning while I am injecting local anesthesia so that they don't feel anything. Then I allow the patients to "wake up" during the course of surgery as they are completely numb. Measuring eyelid excursion and symmetry generally happens toward the end of surgery once much of the sedation has worn off (but while the local anesthesia is still in effect!)
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December 15, 2014
Answer: Sedation for ptosis repair I always do eyelid surgery under some kind of sedation as I can certainly understand how anxiety provoking surgery on your eyelids can be! That said, your surgeon is correct that it is important for you to be able to open and close your eyes for him during the surgery to assure symmetry. I usually sedate patients heavily at the beginning while I am injecting local anesthesia so that they don't feel anything. Then I allow the patients to "wake up" during the course of surgery as they are completely numb. Measuring eyelid excursion and symmetry generally happens toward the end of surgery once much of the sedation has worn off (but while the local anesthesia is still in effect!)
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December 16, 2014
Answer: Ptosis surgery and sedation There are various ways to surgically correct ptosis (droopy eyelids). Some methods are more accurate if you can open an close your eyes at one or two points in the surgery. However modern anesthesia is very good at keeping you sedated and then letting you wake up a little when needed (you don't need to be very awake just to open your eyes). Bottom line you should be able to have sedation with your ptosis surgery. However there may be a brief period when the surgeon has you wake up partially to open your eyes. You can then be sedated again for the remainder of the procedure if you would like. There should absolutely no discomfort when you are awake.Hope this is helpful.
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December 16, 2014
Answer: Ptosis surgery and sedation There are various ways to surgically correct ptosis (droopy eyelids). Some methods are more accurate if you can open an close your eyes at one or two points in the surgery. However modern anesthesia is very good at keeping you sedated and then letting you wake up a little when needed (you don't need to be very awake just to open your eyes). Bottom line you should be able to have sedation with your ptosis surgery. However there may be a brief period when the surgeon has you wake up partially to open your eyes. You can then be sedated again for the remainder of the procedure if you would like. There should absolutely no discomfort when you are awake.Hope this is helpful.
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