title: New technique of levator lengthening for the retracted upper eyelid.
abstract: Retraction of the upper eyelid associated with shortening of the levator mechanism occurs most commonly in association with Graves' disease but occasionally arises as a complication of blepharoplasty or other surgical procedures. A new technique of a castellated type aponeurotomy of the levator aponeurosis is carried out to lengthen the levator. This procedure appears to give a predictable, stable and symmetrical result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Piggot
authors.forename: Z B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Niazi
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Hodgkinson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*