title: [The role of releasing the fibrous bundles across levator muscle in correcting congenital blepharoptosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the role of releasing the fibrous bundles across the levator muscle between the medial canthus and lateral canthsus near the top of tarsus in the correction of the congenital blepharoptosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-seven patients with 40 eyes of blepharoptosis were undergoing the treatment. It was performed by releasing the fibrous bundles across the levator muscle between the medial canthus and lateral canthsus near the top of tarsus to correct the mild and moderate blepharoptosis. A further procedure can also be added to by folding the levator aponeurosis if necessary. In the severe blepharoptosis, the frontalis aponeurose flap may be applied for the suspension as well during the operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 40 eyes in 27 cases with mild, moderate and severe blepharoptosis were treated by using this method, with 38 eyes corrected satisfactorily and 2 eyes corrected mostly in the following-ups from 3 months to 1 year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The above mentioned technique may be a good, simple and effect method to corret congenital blepharoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Tian-xiang
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Jun-hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Si-ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: En-tan
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005152:Facial Muscles; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps