COMPARISON BETWEEN POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE SLING AND SILICONE TUBES SLING IN FRONTALIS SUSPENSION SURGERY FOR PTOSIS WITH POOR LEVATOR FUNCTION

Document Type : Preliminary preprint short reports of original research

Authors

1 Department of Ophthalmology, faculty of Medicine

2 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria

3 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Abstract

Congenital ptosis has a psychological and functional impact on the child. Both the kid and the parents find the appearance to be cosmetically alarming. If severe congenital blepharoptosis is not corrected, amblyopia, with sequential permanent poor vision, may develop. Frontalis suspension is one of the most frequently performed surgeries for the management of congenital ptosis with poor levator muscle function (

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