title: Treatment of congenital unilateral upper eyelid retraction with a marginal myotomy procedure.
abstract: Two children with congenital unilateral upper eyelid retraction were treated successfully with surgery at 2 years of age. Excellent results were obtained using a modification of Grove's marginal myotomy procedure for lengthening the levator palpebrae superiorus muscle. To our knowledge, early surgical treatment for this rare idiopathic disorder has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rovit
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Deupree
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Biglan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*