Management of Severe Congenital Blepharoptosis

Minia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Blepharoptosis

Treatments: Procedure: Ptosis surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04214379

Oculoplastic Unit

Details and patient eligibility

About

Frontalis sling surgery was carried out using Ptose-up under general anaesthesia for patients with severe congenital ptosis.

Full description

Frontalis sling surgery was carried out using Ptose-up for patients with severe congenital ptosis in 23 eyes of 15 patients and they followed up for at least 6 months to detect the success rate and if there is any postoperative complications.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 months to 9 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Severe congenital blepharoptosis
• Poor levator muscle function
• No previous ptosis surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with Jaw winking phenomenon
• Blepharophimosis syndrome
• Congenital myasthenia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

severe congenital ptosis

Other group

Description:

Patients with severe congenital ptosis with poor levator muscle function

Treatment:

Procedure: Ptosis surgery