[Surgical treatment of acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis].
OBJECTIVE
To report the surgical outcome of aponeurosis surgery in patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis and describe surgical guidelines for their correction.


METHODS
The clinical records of two patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis after surgical correction were reviewed.


RESULTS
In two patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis and barely good levator function, levator resection surgery was performed. Corneal complications appeared in both cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with acquired myogenic eyelid ptosis are at risk of post-operative surgical complications from corneal exposure. Surgical correction should be conservative and performed only when the visual axis is compromised.
Departamento de Oftalmología, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. emilianobecerra@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007625:Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014985:Xerophthalmia / Q000150:complications