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Frontalis suspension sling using palmaris longus tendon in chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Sachin M Salvi1, Zanna I Currie
1Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. drsachin@doctors.org.uk
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|March 21, 2009
Abstract:
A 26-year-old woman referred with bilateral ptosis was diagnosed to have underlying chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. The authors report satisfactory result at 18-month follow-up with palmaris longus tendon used as an autologous sling material for ptosis surgery in this patient.
