CYANOACRYLATE TISSUE ADHESIVE IN BLEPHAROPLASTY

This article reports the results of an animal study designed to evalua te the usefulness of butyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl) in blepharopla sty skin closure. Bilateral upper and lower lid blepharoplasty skin in cisions were made on seven pigs. We compared the wounds closed with 6. 0 nylon to those closed with Histoacryl at 1, 2, 4, and 9 weeks postop eratively. The tensile strength of the ''glued'' incisions was signifi cantly greater than that of the sutured incisions only at the 9-week p ostoperative interval (p < 0.05). There was no significant difference in bond strength, however, between the two methods at 1, 2 and 4 weeks postoperatively. Histopathologic analyses of sutured and glued wounds were compared at the same designated postoperative periods. No delete rious effects were found in the overall healing of the cutaneous wound s closed with Histoacryl.