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Transcutaneous Blepharoptosis Surgery - Advancement of Levator Aponeurosis
The Open Ophthalmology Journal
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14 December 2010 •
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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DOI: 10.2174/1874364101004010076
Abstract
Ptosis surgery has seen many advances in the last few decades, the most important of which have emerged as a result of better understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the eyelid and orbit. Anterior approaches such as a levator aponeurosis advancement, tarsoaponeurectomy and posterior repair involving resection of Muller’s muscle have proven to be effective in most cases. The focus of this article is a discussion of the indications, operative techniques, success rates and complications of transcutaneous levator advancement in detail.
Keywords: Transcutaneous blepharoptosis surgery, levator aponeurosis, blepharoplasty.
