Levator Resection in the Management of Myopathic Ptosis

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  • Ibrahim Bulent Buttanri
  • Didem Serin
چکیده

PURPOSE To evaluate the results of levator resection in patients with myopathic ptosis. METHODS The medical records of consecutive patients who underwent levator resection surgery performed for myopathic ptosis between October 2009 and March 2013 were reviewed. Indications for surgery were ptosis obscuring the visual axis and margin-reflex distance ≤ 2 mm. Surgical success was defined as clear pupillary axis when the patient voluntarily opened his eye and margin-reflex distance ≥ 3 mm. We analyzed the effect of levator function and Bell's phenomenon on the rates of success and corneal complication. RESULTS This series included six male and six female patients. Levator function was between 4 and 12 mm. We performed bilateral levator resection surgery in all patients. The mean follow-up time was 14.8 months (range, 6 to 36 months). No patient was overcorrected. Adequate lid elevation was achieved after the operation in 20 eyes. Ptosis recurred in three out of 20 eyes after adequate lid elevation was achieved. Our overall success rate was 70.8%. In three eyes with poor Bell's phenomenon, corneal irritation and punctate epitheliopathy that required artificial eye drops and ointments developed in the early postoperative period, although symptoms resolved completely within 2 months of the resection surgery. No patients required levator recession or any other revision surgery for lagophthalmos or corneal exposure after levator resection. CONCLUSIONS Levator resection seems to be a safe and effective procedure in myopathic patients with moderate or good Bell's phenomenon and levator function greater than 5 mm.

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دوره 28  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2014