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Total levator aponeurosis resection for primary congenital ptosis with very poor levator function
Abdullah Al-Mujaini1, Upender K Wali
1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine and Health Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate Oman.
Aim:
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of total levator aponeurosis resection in patients with very poor levator function secondary to primary congenital ptosis.
Design:
A retrospective, noncomparative single-institutional study was designed.
Participants:
Seven patients with very poor levator function secondary to primary congenital ptosis operated between May 2008 and May 2010 by one surgeon (AM).
Materials And Methods:
A retrospective study of seven patients with congenital ptosis evaluating eyelid elevation following total levator aponeurosis resection. End result is improvement of the eyelid elevation.
Conclusion:
Total levator aponeurosis resection is easy and effective tool in elevating the eyelid in patients with very poor levator function secondary to primary congenital ptosis.
