Histological Changes in Levator Aponeurosis According to Blepharoptosis and Aging

Transcutaneous Blepharoptosis Surgery - Advancement of Levator Aponeurosis

Ptosis surgery has seen many advances in the last few decades, the most important of which have emerged as a result of better understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the eyelid and orbit. Anterior approaches such as a levator aponeurosis advancement, tarsoaponeurectomy and posterior repair involving resection of Muller's muscle have proven to be effective in most cases. The focus of this...

Transcutaneous Blepharoptosis Surgery: Simultaneous Advancement of the Levator Aponeurosis and Müller’s Muscle (Levator Resection)

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, ...

Changes in Sunken Eyes Combined with Blepharoptosis after Levator Resection

Levator function in blepharoptosis surgery.

AIM To investigate the predictive value of levator function in the outcomes of surgeries using the anterior levator resection technique in patients with aponeurotic blepharoptosis. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 69 eyes of 65 patients who underwent anterior levator resection between 2005 and 2011 in the ophthalmology department of a tertiary care center was performed. Levator function wa...

Vascular anomaly in the levator aponeurosis of neurofibromatosis type 1.

Department of Ophthalmology, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo 006-0811, Japan Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan Department of Surgical Pathology, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo 006-0811, Japan Correspondence to: Satoru Kase. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Med...