title: The correction of ptosis with adjustable suture technique.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akyol
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Unlüçerçi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D013536:Suture Techniques