Transcutaneous Levator Recession for Non-thyroid Lid Retraction

Al-Azhar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eye Diseases

Treatments: Procedure: Transcutaneous levator recession

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05671120

levator recession

Details and patient eligibility

About

This work aims to describe and assess the efficacy of transcutaneous levator palpebrea superioris muscle recession as a surgical procedure for treatment of upper lid retraction of various causes other than thyroid eye disease

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients suffering from upper eyelid retraction of various causes other than thyroid eye disease

Exclusion criteria

• Patients refused to participate in the study, patients with systemic diseases causing lid retraction (such as Guillain-Barré syndrome), pseudo retractions, contralateral ptosis, local skin condition (as scar adherence), medication (such as sympathomimetic drugs, lithium, and steroid), neurological conditions (such as dorsal midbrain syndrome and hydrocephalus) and thyroid related lid retraction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 1 patient group

Transcutaneous levator recession

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: Transcutaneous levator recession