Maximal levator resection in unilateral congenital ptosis with poor levator function.
Surgical treatments for the correction of congenital ptosis with poor levator function, including frontalis suspension or maximal levator resection, remain controversial. We evaluated the postoperative surgical and cosmetic outcomes after maximal levator resection for unilateral congenital ptosis with poor levator function.



A retrospective, interventional case series was performed. A total of 243 patients with 243 eyelids (210 unilateral and 33 bilateral asymmetric ptosis) who underwent unilateral maximal levator resection were included. The surgical results were graded as excellent, good and poor and postoperative complications were documented.



The mean age at the time of surgery was 8.8±9.7 years (range, 2-58 years) with mean follow-up time of 40.9±38.9 months (range, 3 months to 18.9 years). Satisfactory results (excellent or good result) were obtained in 93.0% of the patients. Patients were divided into two groups based on levator function as follows: 0-2 mm (80 cases) and 2.5-4.0 mm (163 cases). Factors such as preoperative levator function, margin reflex distance-1 and levator dehiscence were not correlated with postoperative surgical outcomes. Complications included exposure keratopathy (11.1%), lid crease asymmetry (8.2%), entropion (8.2%), overcorrection (3.3%), eyelash ptosis (3.7%), temporal eyelid droop (3.3%), suture abscess (0.8%) and conjunctival prolapse (0.8%).



Maximal levator resection is an effective procedure for congenital ptosis even in patients with poor levator function, which provides improved cosmesis, a more natural lid contour, and avoids brow scars.
Department of Ophthalmology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University School of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.|Department of Ophthalmology, Hanyang University Graduate School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Ju-Hyang
JH
Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand.
Orapan
O
Aryasit
Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Yoon-Duck
YD
Kim
Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kyung In
KI
Woo
National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Llewellyn
L
Lee
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Owen N
ON
Johnson
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005133:Eye Movements; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
Child health (paediatrics); Cosmesis; Eye Lids; Treatment Surgery