Transcutaneous blepharoptosis surgery with simultaneous advancement of the levator aponeurosis and Müller's muscle (levator resection) is a popular surgery which is considered effective for all types of blepharoptosis except for the myogenic type. Repair of ptosis cases with good levator function yields excellent results. A good outcome can be also obtained in cases with poor levator function, ...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the sensitivity and the specificity of the ice test in the differential diagnosis of ptosis in myasthenia gravis. METHODS Prospective trial with a control group. The patients were instructed to hold a frozen ice pack on the closed ptotic eyelid. They were divided into 2 groups, with group I consisting of patients with myasthenia gravis and group II (control) consisting ...

BACKGROUND Long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with lipodystrophy, peripheral neuropathy, lactic acidosis, and myopathy. Blepharoptosis, without prior ART association, is usually caused by age-associated involutional ptosis, but it is also seen in mitochondrial myopathies with external ophthalmoplegia, cardiac conduction disturbances, and neurological impairments. METHODS Pat...

ÖzetAmaç: Levator fonksiyonu kötü doğumsal üst göz kapağı düşüklüğünde Whitnall askılama ameliyatı uyguladığımız hastaların klinik özelliklerini ve cerrahi sonuçlarını sunmak.Gereç Yöntemler: Haseki Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi’nde 2003-2005 yıllarında askı cerrahisi uygulanan 11 hastanın 15 gözü çalışmaya alındı. Hastaların dördü kadın, yedisi erkek olup, yaşları 5 ile 40 yıl arasındaydı. Göz dü...

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...

background brow ptosis is a potential complication after upper eyelid blepharoplasty. the aim of this study was to analyze the effect of upper blepharoplasty on eyebrow position. methods in this between april 2011 and march 2013, eighty three patients (166 eyes with mean age of 49.7 years) underwent upper eyelid blepharoplasty. the patients were assessed using pre- and post-operatively digital ...

purpose: to describe the etiology, outcomes and complications of levator resection procedure for correction of congenital and acquired blepharoptosis. methods: in a retrospective nonrandomized study, medical records of 136 patients with blepharoptosis who underwent levator resection at labbafinejad medical center from 1995 to 2005 were evaluated. results: of 136 patients undergoing levator rese...