Surgical Management of Blepharoptosis

Assiut University

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Blepharoptosis

Treatments

Procedure: Levator muscle resection with adjustable sutures technique

Procedure: levator muscle resection with fixed sutures technique

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03149367

7540

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of the results of levator resection operation with the use of fixed sutures technique in which the levator muscle is approached through skin incision and the muscle shortened and sutured directly to the tarsus then the skin crease reformed with interrupted sutures which pick up the underlying levator muscle versus the results with the use of adjustable sutures in which the suture passes through the levator muscle into the tarsal plate and out through the skin edge .the skin crease is formed separately so that adjusting the suture doesn't open the wound, the suture can be adjusted according to the result up to 4 days post operative.

Enrollment

40 estimated patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Cases of blepharoptosis admitted at Assiut University Hospital.
Cases that are fit for surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Cases not fit for surgery.
Cases of pseudoptosis may result from many conditions that simulate an asymmetry of the upper eyelid level. Dysthyroid ophthalmopathy, enophthalmos, or exophthalmos can accentuate a minimal blepharoptosis or produce the appearance of blepharoptosis on the contralateral normal side,
Cases with diseases, such as myasthenia gravis; negativity for Bell palsy symptoms; and Marcus Gunn jaw-winking syndrome.