Blepharoptosis correction with frontalis suspension using a supramid sling: duration of effect.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the duration of effect after frontalis suspension with a Supramid (S. Jackson, Inc, Alexandria, Virginia) sling.


METHODS
We reviewed 81 consecutive patients (40 males, 41 females), aged 6 months to 50 years (mean, 12 years) with upper eyelid blepharoptosis who underwent frontalis suspension with Supramid sling surgery at a major eye center.


RESULTS
Fifty patients had unilateral and 31 patients had bilateral blepharoptosis repair. Forty-three (53%) of the 81 patients had postoperative follow-up of 3 to 12 years; all these patients had a recurrence of blepharoptosis to the preoperative level 1 to 18 months postoperatively.


CONCLUSIONS
Blepharoptosis correction with frontalis suspension with Supramid sling has a temporary effect, and use of this procedure for blepharoptosis correction should be discouraged.
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King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. kkeshres@naseej.com.sa
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009757:Nylons; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D009757:Nylons