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EDITORIAL The 2010 American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Foundation Lecture HE FRENCH SURGEON RENE´ LERICHE WROTE, tion seemingly went fine, but the patient had significant “Every surgeon carries a little cemetery marked edema postoperatively (eFigure 2B) that once re- where he goes to pray, a cemetery of bit- solved left her with a severely ptotic eyelid (eFigure 2C). terness and regret, where he seeks the rea- My “simple” surgical incursion—with minimal dissection— T son for his failures.” In this lecture, I will caused a crippling dehiscence of the levator aponeurosis. show you a few of the many gravestones in my cem- I then attempted to fix the ptosis and was pleased with etery. Before we enter, I’ll give you the take-home mes- the eyelid position “on the table” (eFigure 2D). After sur- sage of what I’ve learned from my mistakes. When er- gery, the patient once again had marked edema despite rors happen, they consistently seem to be related to one minimal intraoperative or postoperative bleeding (eFig- or more of the following: objective or technical failures, ure 2E). A few weeks later, her severe eyelid ptosis was usually rooted in ignorance; subjective or human fail- unimproved
JAMA Ophthalmology – American Medical Association
Published: Feb 1, 2012
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