Frontalis suspension in congenital ptosis using Lyodura(R).

Author: Hyun Joon PARK ¹ ; Young Suk YU
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1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Lyodura(R); lyophilized dura; congenital ptosis; frontalis suspension
MeSH: Blepharoptosis/*congenital/therapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Collagen/*therapeutic use; Eyelids/surgery; Humans; Infant
From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 1988;2(2):86-89
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Lyodura(R) is a commercial name of a cleaned, desantigenized, desenzymatized, rendered free of pyogenics, sterilized by gamma rays, and lyophilized dura. Frontalis suspension with Lyodura(R) was performed on a total of 16 patients (21 lids) of congenital ptosis with levator muscle function of 3mm or less in the ptotic lid. The follow-up period ranged from 2 to 39 weeks with a mean of 19.6 weeks. Postperative lid levels were judged good, fair, and poor. Good results occurred in 12 of 21 procedures (57.1%) and fair results in 6 of 21 procedures (28.6%). The summation of these two indicates an over all satisfactory result of 18 of 21 cases (85.7%).