Guest guest Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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