Frontalis muscle flap suspension for the correction of congenital blepharoptosis in early age children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to report our successful use of frontalis muscle flap suspension for the correction of congenital blepharoptosis in early age children.

Methods

This retrospective study included 61 early age children (41 boys, 20 girls) with an average age of 6 years (range, 3-10 years) with congenital blepharoptosis who received surgery during the period from March 2007 to January 2011. There were 39 cases of unilateral blepharoptosis and 22 cases of bilateral blepharoptosis, thus a total of 83 eyes were affected. If patient had bilateral blepharoptosis, both eyes were operated on in the same surgery. Patients were followed for 3 months to 5 years. The procedure was performed without complications in all cases.

Results

The postoperative healing grade was good in 8

SUBMITTER: Hou D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3538777 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature