title: Management of a broken needle during the frontalis suspension procedure.
abstract: 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 When the needle was withdrawn, the tip was missing.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.
authors.affiliation: Eye Department, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen Bahmani
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kashkouli
authors.forename: Bijan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beigi
mesh_terms: 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*