简介：AIM:Toevaluatetheeffectofreleasingtheorbicularisretainingligament(ORL)complexoftheteartroughcombinedwiththetransconjunctivalblepharoplastyinthesurgicalmanagementofteartroughdeformitycomparedwiththeeffectofblepharoplastyalone.METHODS:Aprospective,randomized(byclosedenvelopetechnique),controlledsurgicaltrialwhichincluded50patients(100eyes)withbilateralvisibleteartroughdeformityandlowereyelidfatbulging,wasdividedintotwogroupswhere25patients(50eyes)hadteartrough-ORLreleasewithblepharoplastyand25patients(50eyes)didn’t.Qualitativeandquantitativeassessmentsofteartroughdeformityweredoneat6mopostoperatively,achievinggrade0or1ofBarton’sclassificationwasconsideredasuccess.Standardizedphotographicdocumentationofeachpatientwasdonepreandpostoperatively,alsoassessmentofthepatients’satisfactionpostoperativelywasdoneandrankedasexcellent,verygood,goodorfair.RESULTS:Therewasstatisticallysignificantdifferencebetweenthetwogroupsintheoverallaestheticresultspostoperativelyregardingthequalitativeandquantitativeanalysisoftheteartroughdeformity,wherepatientswhohadteartrough-ORLcomplexreleasehadmoresuccessfuloutcomesthanthoseofthesecondgroup.CONCLUSION:ORLreleaseshouldbedoneinpatientswithteartroughdeformityinordertoreleasethetetheringeffectofthisligamentwhichcausestheprominenceofthenasojugalgroove.