INTRODUCTION Congenital ptosis is malpositioning of the eyelids that, when moderate or severe, can negatively affect visual development during its critical period, resulting in amblyopia: diminished visual acuity with no apparent organic cause. Early diagnosis and timely treatment are essential for preventing amblyopia. Congenital ptosis is uncommon but poses a challenge to any ophthalmologist;...

One hundred and one cases of the blepharophimosis syndrome presenting over a decade are reviewed with particular attention to the factors influencing their visual development. Three distinct clinical patterns emerge--severe bilateral ptosis, moderate bilateral ptosis, and asymmetric ptosis--and their differing incidence of amblyopia and strabismus is discussed. The risk of amblyopia is much hig...

Introduction: Blepharoptosis or drooping of the eyelid is a common disease entity presenting in oculoplasty department. Depending on its severity it causes visual disturbances as well cosmetic problems. Appropriate management and timely surgical intervention results good outcome. Materials methods: This hospital-based study blepharoptosis patient that presented Oculoplasty department underwent ...

Techniques in oculofacial surgery continue to develop as our understanding of anatomy and pathophysiology continue to evolve. While the centerpiece of the quest to rejuvenate the upper eyelid and brow has for years been the upper blepharoplasty, several modifications to traditional techniques have been developed that allow for enhanced outcomes utilizing less invasive approaches. Techniques dis...

This study reports experimental results on the effect of visual prominence, presented as gestures, on speech intelligibility. 30 acoustically vocoded sentences, permutated into different gestural conditions were presented audio-visually to 12 subjects. The analysis of correct word recognition shows a significant increase in intelligibility when focally-accented (prominent) words are supplemente...

Thirteen patients who had ptosis surgery undertaken for disinsertion of the aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae superioris were reviewed. Pre-operatively all the patients had characteristic clinical signs of levator disinsertion which was confirmed at surgery and corrected by reposition of the disinserted aponeurosis. Five of these patients were initially mistakenly diagnosed as having a neuro...

RESULTS: Forty-six patients were included. There was a positive correlation between sCML and sMG (coefficient of 0.77, p<0.0001). There was no correlation between actual age and sCML (p=0.769) or sMG (p=0.658). Interestingly, there was a significant positive correlation between perceived age and both sCML (coefficient of 0.552, p<0.0001) and sMG (coefficient of 0.378, p=0.010). There was no cor...