A modified frontalis sling in the treatment of combined blepharoptosis and facial nerve paresis.
A surgical method is proposed to treat patients with combined severe blepharoptosis and peripheral facial nerve paresis. The operation involves construction of a sling from the contralateral active frontalis muscle to the affected eyelid tarsal plate. The method has been applied in one patient, with satisfactory results. Re-education of the patient was relatively easy to achieve.
Chait
L A
LA
Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Fayman
M S
MS
D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods