Moderate to severe forms of ptosis may require surgery to reduce impairments.
Indications for surgery:
(1) need for improved cosmesis
(2) visual field loss
(3) occlusion amblyopia
Contraction of Levator |
Function of Muscle |
Surgical Intervention |
10 – 15 mm |
normal |
advance the aponeurosis for the levator muscle |
3 to 9 mm |
fair |
resect levator muscle |
0 to 2.9 mm |
poor or absent |
sling material supported by frontalis muscle |
where:
• Levator = Levator palpebrae superioris
Specialty: Ophthalmology
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