Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection for blepharoptosis with poor levator function
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Optic Nerve Transection: A Model of Adult Neuron Apoptosis in the Central Nervous System
Published on: May 12, 2011
Adam J Cohen1, David A Weinberg
1Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, USA.
Abstract:
We describe a patient with blepharoptosis, poor levator function, and a positive phenylephrine test who responded favorably to Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection, alleviating the need for a frontalis suspension ptosis repair in the presence of very deep superior sulci.
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