Yatsenko-Wolf-Krause Blepharoplasty

Yatsenko-Wolff-Krause blepharoplasty

Yatsenko-Wolf-Krause blepharoplasty is a surgical operation on the eyelids, named after three surgeons: Alexey Stepanovich Yatsenko (domestic surgeon of the 19th century), John Risser Wolf (Scottish ophthalmologist, 1824-1904) and Friedrich Krause (German surgeon, 1857-1937 ).

This operation is used to correct various defects and deformations of the eyelids, such as ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid), ectropion and entropion (eversion and inversion of the edges of the eyelids), lagophthalmos (incomplete closure of the eyelids).

During blepharoplasty, the surgeon removes excess skin, fat and muscle tissue, and may also shorten or lengthen the levator muscle (the muscle that lifts the upper eyelid). This allows you to correct the shape and position of the eyelids, as well as restore full eye closure.

The result of the operation is the aesthetic correction of the eyelids and the elimination of functional disorders. Yatsenko-Wolf-Krause blepharoplasty is considered the classic and most common method of surgical eyelid correction.