BACKGROUND The clinical picture of blepharoptosis varies from a cosmetic problem to severe visual dysfunction depending on the pathogenesis and the degree of ptosis. OBJECTIVE To study the type, pattern and causes of ptosis in patients seeking oculopastic care in western Terai of Nepal Patients and methods: A retrospective descriptive hospital based was carried out over a period of 2 years in...

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...

PURPOSE To quantify the fat in the levator muscle of patients with congenital ptosis, as related to clinical and epidemiological aspects of this disease. METHODS Twenty-two levator muscle samples of the superior eyelid from patients with congenital ptosis were morphometrically evaluated with aim of establishing a relationship between the fat quantity and age, sex, ptosis degree and levator mu...

background: drooping of the upper eyelid (blepharoptosis or ptosis) is not an uncommon ocular problem. the causes of ptosis could be myogenic, aponeurotic, mechanical or traumatic. detailed assessments of the cause, degree of ptosis and levator functions help determine the most appropriate management and treatment. this study was carried out to investigate the causes and presentations of ptosis...

purpose: to assess the etiology, demography, surgical management and postoperative complications of ptosis in a referral ophthalmologic center. methods: we reviewed records of 233 ptosis patients managed at labbafinejad hospital during 1998-2003. etiology, age, sex, laterality, family history, amblyopia, past medical history, margin reflex distance and levator function, type of surgery, and pos...

800x600 to analyse the effect of congenital unilateral ptosis on the ocular higher order aberrations (hoa) and to compare these eyes with normal fellow eyes this study has been performed. in this observational comparative case series, 16 eyes of 16 patients less than 15 years old with congenital unilateral upper eyelid ptosis were included. corrected distance visual acuity (cdva), corneal topog...

AIMS To characterise the inheritance of ptosis in one particular pedigree. METHODS The pedigree was analysed clinically and genetically to assess the mode of inheritance and to ascribe a gene locus for the condition. RESULTS Affected members of the pedigree have bilateral symmetrical congenital isolated ptosis, a condition which is linked to genetic markers on the X chromosome in this famil...