Recessive surgery for levator muscles in the treatment of upper eyelid retraction
- Author:
Bich Ngoc Pham
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
upper eyelid retraction
- MeSH:
Muscles;
Eyelids;
surgery
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):55-59
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
During 1996-1997, the Pediatric Dep. of the Institute of Opthamology operated the recession of the levator muscle for the treatment of upper eyelid retraction. All 10 patients experienced the moderate retraction (2-4 mm). There was no intraoperative complication. The postoperative complication comprised relapsed retraction (3), relapsed eyelid prolapsed and eyelid fold was bigger than normal (8).
