Management of a broken needle during the frontalis suspension procedure.
A 19-month-old girl with bilateral congenital ptosis and abnormal head posture underwent a bilateral frontalis sling procedure. As the needle was directed through the submyocutaneous tunnel, its tip (eye) snapped. When the needle was withdrawn, the tip was missing. The problem was addressed and the procedure was completed.
Kashkouli
Mohsen Bahmani
MB
Eye Department, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Beigi
Bijan
B
D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D009339:Needles; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*