title: The evaluation and management of the patient with ptosis.
abstract: This article deals with fundamentals in evaluation and correction of ptosis, with some references to special situations. Ptosis defies a cookbook approach if one wishes predictable results. In a certain percentage of patients, the result will remain unpredictable and the surgeon must be prepared to perform revisional surgery.
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: McCord
mesh_terms: D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013536:Suture Techniques