Meta-analysis of the skin redraping method and the Z-plasty method in the correction of epicanthus.

Medicine (Baltimore) · 2026 · PMC13138403 · PMID 42065185

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The meta-analysis yielded a highly significant result, indicating that the odds of recurrence were over 13 times higher in the skin redraping group compared with the Z-plasty group (pooled OR = 13.73, 95% CI: 2.53–74.49, P = .002).

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