Table 3.
Comparison of Suspensory Materials in Frontalis Suspension Operations
| Autogenous Fascia Lata | Banked Fascia Lata | PolyproPylene | Nylon | Silicone | Polyester | Gore-Tex® | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner (1984) [42] | recurrence rate (%) | 8.3 | 28.1 | |||||
| complications (%) | 0 | 12.4 | ||||||
| follow-up (months) | 20.8 | 31.5 | ||||||
| Zweep (1992) [44] | unsatisfactory result (%) | 0 | 46 | |||||
| complications (%) | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| follow-up (months) | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Wasserman (2001) [33] | recurrence rate (%) | 4.2 | 51.4 | 12.5 | 69.2 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| complications (%) | 8.3 | 5.7 | 0 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 45.5 | ||
| follow-up (months) | 30 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Bajaj (2004) [30] | unsatisfactory result (%) | 17 | 7 | |||||
| complications (%) | 20 | 6.7 | ||||||
| follow-up (months) | 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Ben Simon (2005) [27] | recurrence rate (%) | 22 | 25 | 44 | 15 | |||
| complications (%) | 0 | 5 | 42.9 | 11.1 | ||||
| follow-up (months) | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Hersh (2006) [18] | recurrence rate (%) | 35.3 | 13 | |||||
| complications (%) | 7.1 | 15.2 | ||||||
| follow-up (months) | † | † |
*
: Although the overall mean follow-up period was 20 months, patients with silicone or autogenous fascia lata had longer follow-up periods than patients with Gore-Tex® or nylon sutures.
†
: The overall mean follow-up period was 46 months.