OBJECTIVE To evaluate the surgical and functional outcome of congenital ptosis repair and the anisometropic changes after surgical repair of ptosis to determine the potential contribution of anisometropia to the development of refractive amblyopia. METHODS The clinical records of 162 children with congenital ptosis that had been surgically repaired between 1995 and 2006 at the Goldschleger Ey...

Aim: To compare the effect of single rhomboid and double rhomboid frontalis suspension using 2 mm silicon band on upper lid contour in ptosis surgery. Methods: This randomized control study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan from March 2011 to March 2014. A total of 40 patients with unilateral ptosis were included in the study. Patients were divided into ...

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The search for the ideal material to be used in frontalis suspension procedures to correct congenital ptosis has been going on for many years and continues to this day. This makes me believe that perhaps there is no ideal suspensory material other than autogenous fascia lata. To add a little perspective on this problem, I reviewed a publication from 1984 in which, along with my co-editor Leonar...

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...

Seventeen patients with ptosis as a feature of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia were managed in accordance with a new protocol. An anterior approach levator advancement was performed on seven patients (13 lids) with more than 4 mm of levator function and a brow suspension procedure on eight patients (14 lids) with minimal levator function, in whom the frontalis muscle was relatively...