Guest guest Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Hi Min, > I want to get some opinions about banked fascia lata. Has anyone > here used banked fascia?? Yes, mine is banked. Still holding up well after nearly 40 years. My current ophtho still uses it. Have a look for a post I made on 11 January this year about fascia lata, containing lots of wild speculation and outrageous bluffing, but otherwise hopefully useful (here: blepharophimosis/message/3682). > One of the benefit I see in using the banked facia is that there is > one less scar on the child. One other main reason is that a certain length is needed - to go from the brow down to the lid rim, across and back up again. Little kids' own fascia lata might not be not long enough, p'raps? > I'm opposed to synthetic materials due > to rejection and/or infection that I hear. Fascia lata was used in > mine and my sisters' surgeries and so far, it's been holding up the > lids great! The only thing is that we all have scars on our > legs...so much for that modeling career! :-) OTOH, a lack of leg scars hasn't helped my modelling career one bit! > I'm considering to use banked fascia, but kind of creepd out about > the whole thing. And yes, I do realize that donated organs are used > to save lifes so what harm can a little tissue from a cadaver do? Try not to picture it: Igor shuffling down to the cemetery on a stormy night, shovel over his shoulder, scalpel in pocket, to fetch more fascia lata for his master the ophthalmic surgeon. Nope, let's definitely not go there. I sometimes feel my gaze irresistibly drawn towards the full moon, but I'm sure there's no connection. One thing not to worry about: donated (one nice euphemism I've seen is " preserved " ) fascia lata is almost never rejected, like other tissues and some non-organic substances. It seems to be fairly inert stuff. I hope this has been useful. Rob W Oz Quote
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Hi Rob, Thank you for your reply. As always, your post brings a smile on! Min > > Hi Min, > > > I want to get some opinions about banked fascia lata. Has anyone > > here used banked fascia?? > > Yes, mine is banked. Still holding up well after nearly 40 years. My > current ophtho still uses it. Have a look for a post I made on 11 > January this year about fascia lata, containing lots of wild speculation > and outrageous bluffing, but otherwise hopefully useful (here: > blepharophimosis/message/3682). > > > One of the benefit I see in using the banked facia is that there is > > one less scar on the child. > > One other main reason is that a certain length is needed - to go from > the brow down to the lid rim, across and back up again. Little kids' own > fascia lata might not be not long enough, p'raps? > > > I'm opposed to synthetic materials due > > to rejection and/or infection that I hear. Fascia lata was used in > > mine and my sisters' surgeries and so far, it's been holding up the > > lids great! The only thing is that we all have scars on our > > legs...so much for that modeling career! :-) > > OTOH, a lack of leg scars hasn't helped my modelling career one bit! > > > I'm considering to use banked fascia, but kind of creepd out about > > the whole thing. And yes, I do realize that donated organs are used > > to save lifes so what harm can a little tissue from a cadaver do? > > Try not to picture it: Igor shuffling down to the cemetery on a stormy > night, shovel over his shoulder, scalpel in pocket, to fetch more fascia > lata for his master the ophthalmic surgeon. Nope, let's definitely not > go there. I sometimes feel my gaze irresistibly drawn towards the full > moon, but I'm sure there's no connection. > > One thing not to worry about: donated (one nice euphemism I've seen is > " preserved " ) fascia lata is almost never rejected, like other tissues > and some non-organic substances. It seems to be fairly inert stuff. > > I hope this has been useful. > > Rob W > Oz > Quote
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