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The correction of ptosis with adjustable suture technique
Author(s) -
Akyol Nurettin,
Ünlüçerçi Cahit H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1990.tb01681.x
Subject(s) - ptosis , fibrous joint , medicine , surgery , optometry , ophthalmology
. We discuss here the results of a simple technique for the correction of ptosis, performed by us as an alternative to other techniques. The basic principal of this technique is to suspend the ptotic upper eyelid to the frontalis muscle by 3/0 silk sutures passed above the tarsus using a peritoneal needle and to adjust the rima palpebrarum in the post‐operative period. This method is simple and easy to perform with few complications.