Histopathologic condition of fascia lata implant 42 years after ptosis repair
F. Orlando, J. S. Weiss, C. K. Beyer-Machule, D. M. Albert and A. Shapiro
Fascia lata implants have been employed since the early part of this
century in the repair of blepharoptosis. Although much has been written
concerning surgical techniques and results of implanting different
preparations of fascia lata, there are relatively few reports of long-term
histopathologic follow-up of recovered tissue. In the case described
herein, autogenous fascia lata was recovered at the time of repeated
surgery and examined 42 years later. On microscopic examination the tissue
was viable but demonstrated significantly more vascularization,
fibroblastic infiltration, and incorporation with surrounding structures
than previously reported implants.
