Adjustable suture technique for levator recession.
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.
Woog
J J
JJ
New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass., USA.
Hartstein
M E
ME
Hoenig
J
J
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