[Surgical treatment of acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis].

OBJECTIVE

To report the surgical outcome of aponeurosis surgery in patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis and describe surgical guidelines for their correction.

METHODS

The clinical records of two patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis after surgical correction were reviewed.

RESULTS

In two patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis and barely good levator function, levator resection surgery was performed. Corneal complications appeared in both cases.

CONCLUSION

Patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis are at risk of post-operative surgical complications from corneal exposure. Surgical correction should be conservative and performed only when the visual axis is compromised.