title: Adjustable suture technique for levator recession.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether an adjustable suture technique is clinically useful in levator recession surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutive clinical series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inpatient hospital and ambulatory surgical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten patients who were undergoing levator recession surgical procedures for correction of eyelid retraction constituted the group of subjects of this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outcome measures included margin-reflex distance and palpebral fissure measurements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative margin-reflex distance and palpebral fissure measurements were within 0.5 mm of the desired eyelid position in 10 or 14 procedures and within 1 mm of the desired position in 12 of 14 procedures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adjustable sutures may be a useful adjunct in levator recession surgery.
authors.affiliation: New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Woog
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hartstein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoenig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome