IMR Press / FBL / Volume 27 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2702059
Open Access Original Research
A new injury severity scale for ocular complications following cosmetic filler injection
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1 Eye Center, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, 102218 Beijing, China
2 Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Fourth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, 100048 Beijing, China
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, 102218 Beijing, China
*Correspondence: ythu203@163.com; ythu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn (Yuntao Hu); chenml@sohu.com (Minliang Chen)
These authors contributed equally.
Academic Editors: Shikun He and Pietro Gentile
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2022, 27(2), 59; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2702059
Submitted: 16 December 2021 | Revised: 13 January 2022 | Accepted: 24 January 2022 | Published: 12 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Eye and Vision Research)
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Cosmetic filler injection can cause a variety of eye complications; however, there is currently no good way to evaluate injury severity and prognosis. By analyzing the injury manifestations of severe ocular complications following cosmetic filler injection and their prognosis, we propose a new injury severity scale. Methods: Twenty-two eyes of 22 patients experiencing ocular complications following cosmetic filler injection were followed for 6 months to observe injury characteristics, manifestations and prognosis. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), split lamp microscopy, fundus photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and fundus fluorescein angiography were examined at the onset and follow-up visits. Results: According to the immediate BCVA at the time of injury (with the presence or absence of brain infarction), a new injury severity scale was proposed, namely, Grades 1–4. Grade 1 (4 patients) and Grade 2 (2 patients) tended to have no atrophy of the globe. Grade 3 (12 patients) and Grade 4 (4 patients) were more likely to develop atrophy of the globe (4/12 patients and 2/4 patients, respectively) at the last follow-up. Grade 3 and Grade 4 were more likely to be complicated with ophthalmoplegia and ptosis (7/16 patients). Conclusions: The new injury severity scale we proposed can determine the prognosis of different ocular complications following cosmetic filler injection. Accordingly, we can inform injured patients regarding the possibility of phthisis bulbi and the extent of improvement of visual impairment, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis and stroke.

Keywords
injury severity scale
severe ocular complication
cosmetic filler injection
hyaluronic acid
autologous fat
ophthalmic artery occlusion
ocular ischemia syndrome
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