2005
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000186647.00413.21
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Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of ptosis

Abstract: Surgical correction of congenital blepharoptosis may be performed with autologous fascia lata, cadaveric allograft, or permanent suture material. The use of a frontalis muscle advancement flap is elegantly designed; however, its role in clinical practice remains to be defined. Advancement of the levator aponeurosis for senile blepharoptosis may be preformed via a minimally invasive small incision approach. Patients benefit with decreased operative time, edema, ecchymosis, and recovery times.

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“…Because our patient didn't have a skin crease, we had the suspicion of a levator muscle laceration and confi rmed it aft er the removal of the previously placed sutures. Although the suspicion of occulomotor nerve paralysis occurred at that stage, we reunited the edges of the levator muscle to form the anatomic unity, because the ptosis following trauma and ischemia can improve spontaneously in four to six months 2 . Th erefore, we needed to wait six months before assessment of a need for a surgical intervention.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because our patient didn't have a skin crease, we had the suspicion of a levator muscle laceration and confi rmed it aft er the removal of the previously placed sutures. Although the suspicion of occulomotor nerve paralysis occurred at that stage, we reunited the edges of the levator muscle to form the anatomic unity, because the ptosis following trauma and ischemia can improve spontaneously in four to six months 2 . Th erefore, we needed to wait six months before assessment of a need for a surgical intervention.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is a local or general disinsertion or dehiscence of the aponeurosis from the tarsal plate. 26 In aponeurotic ptosis due to advanced age, the long-term effects of gravity and aging cause stretching of the levator muscle and its aponeurosis. The muscle becomes thin, resulting in a loss of muscle tone and the inability to hold the upper lid in the proper position above the eye.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Atuam como coadjuvantes nessa função o músculo de Müller e o músculo frontal (1,2) . Ptose ou blefaroptose é o resultado da disfunção isolada ou conjunta dos músculos que atuam na elevação da pálpebra, resultando na queda da margem palpebral para uma posição mais baixa que o normal, na posição primária do olhar (1)(2)(3) . Existem diversas classificações para ptoses, sendo que a divisão em congênitas ou adquiridas é a mais utilizada (3,4) .…”
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“…Ptose ou blefaroptose é o resultado da disfunção isolada ou conjunta dos músculos que atuam na elevação da pálpebra, resultando na queda da margem palpebral para uma posição mais baixa que o normal, na posição primária do olhar (1)(2)(3) . Existem diversas classificações para ptoses, sendo que a divisão em congênitas ou adquiridas é a mais utilizada (3,4) . A ptose congênita apresenta-se ao nascimento ou dentro do primeiro ano de vida, pode ser unilateral ou bilateral, e não há preferência por sexo ou raça (5) .…”
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