Total levator aponeurosis resection for primary congenital ptosis with very poor levator function.

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.