OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of upper-eyelid surgery (limited myectomy, blepharoplasty, and levator aponeurotic advancement) on patients who demonstrated a suboptimal response or residual heaviness of the upper eyelids after botulinum toxin eyelid injections for facial dyskinesia. DESIGN Retrospective study. SUBJECTS Charts of 358 patients with a diagnosis of benign essential blephar...

We report a case of symptomatic subluxation of the semitendinosus and gracilis over the posteromedial corner of the tibia manifesting with snapping. This is the first such case recorded in non-Asian population and in a high-demand athlete. Snapping was reproduced on active extension of the knee and at initiation of flexion and could be readily palpated over the posteromedial aspect of the tibia...

PURPOSE To analyze qualitatively and quantitatively the total complement of encapsulated proprioceptors (Golgi tendon organs [GTOs] and neuromuscular spindles) in pig extraocular muscles (EOMs). METHODS EOMs of four pigs of different ages were prepared for light microscopic histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis and for transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS GTOs and muscle spind...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and features of the arcade of Struthers, and to assess its clinical implication in ulnar nerve compression. METHOD Forty arms from 26 cadaver specimens were dissected in the Anatomy Laboratory of this institution. The extension of the arcade, distance from the medial epicondyle, and relation with ulnar nerve were recorded. RESULTS The arcade of Struthers...

In this cadaveric study, we explored the feasibility of a maximal mobilization of the superficial abdominal fascia, in a continuous flap, to achieve a tension-free covering of midline defects. The aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle was incised along the anterior axillary line and then detached up to the anterior rectus sheath. The latter was opened between the external and the internal ...

Objective: To analyze the management of different types of ptosis of upper eyelid. Design: Descriptive Study. Place and Duration of Study: Eye department CMH Kharian, from January 2006 to December 2007. Patients and Methods: Thirty six patients having ptosis of upper eyelid, managed in eye department, were analyzed to find out frequency of different types of ptosis. Fifteen patients (27 eyes) w...