Alleviation of myogenic ptosis by magnetic force.

Alleviation of myogenic ptosis by magnetic force.

Ptosis has usually been treated by surgery and the literature contains suggestions of over eighty different operations for its correction. Duke-Elder (I952) has pointed out that, in spite of the variety and ingenuity of remedial operations, the results are by no means invariably brilliant and in cases due to neuromuscular disease shortening of the lid is usually unsatisfactory. Apart from the c...

[Tarsal switch levator for mitochondrial myogenic ptosis].

PURPOSE To report the use of tarsal switch levator resection procedures that lift the palpebral fissure to visual axis without causing corneal complications in patients with mitochondrial myogenic ptosis. METHODS Prospective study. The technique consists of an upper eyelid tarsectomy, with transfer of the autologous tarsoconjunctival graft to the posterior lamella of the lower eyelid. The sur...

Management of myogenic ptosis in chronic progressive external ophtalmoplegia

Introduction Patients with mitochondrial myopathies, of which chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is the most common, can present with ptosis and proximal limb weakness.1 Ptosis associated with CPEO can provide challenging management problems. This form of ptosis may have poor levator function. Additional features must be considered in determining the surgical treatment. For exa...

management of myogenic ptosis in chronic progressive external ophtalmoplegia.

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Reconstruction of Solar Coronal Linear Force-Free Magnetic Field