Eyelid suspension with a transposed levator palpebrae superioris muscle.
In patients with severe Marcus Gunn jaw-winking, ablation of the synkinetic eyelid movement requires surgical removal of a significant portion of the levator complex (muscle and aponeurosis). As an alternative to removing this tissue completely, the levator muscle can be transected approximately 25 mm above its tarsal plate insertion. The distal levator muscle and aponeurosis can then be used as a suspensory material to suspend the eyelid to the eyebrow.
D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005143:Eyelids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*