Outcomes of Anterior Levator Resection and Frontalis Sling in Congenital Ptosis with Poor Levator Function.
- Author:
Ik Soo BYON
1
;
Hee Young CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. hychoi@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Anterior levator resection;
Congenital ptosis;
Frontalis sling
- MeSH:
Humans;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2005;46(10):1605-1610
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: To compare anterior levator resection with frontalis sling in congenital ptosis with poor levator function. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of 19 patients (25 eyes) undergoing anterior levator resection and 25 patients (28 eyes) undergoing frontalis sling for congenital ptosis with poor levator action of 5 mm or less from January 1995 to December 2001. RESULTS: The mean postoperative MRD1 were 2.4+/-0.95 mm in the anterior levator resection group and, 2.6+/-0.94 mm in the frontalis sling group. Surgical outcomes were good, fair and poor in 11, 10, and 4 eyes of the anterior levator resection group and in 14, 9, and 5 eyes of the frontalis sling group, respectively. Success rates were 84.0% and 82.1% in each group. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In congenital ptosis with poor levator function, the surgical outcomes of anterior levator resection were as good as those of frontalis sling.
