19 Small Incision Anterior Levator Advancement
Book
Editors: Burnstine, Michael A.; Dresner, Steven C.; Samimi, David B.; Merritt, Helen A.
Title: Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery of the Upper Face
Subtitle: Eyelid Ptosis, Dematochalasis, and Eyebrow Ptosis
Print ISBN: 9781626239210; Online ISBN: 9781626239227; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-006-149698
2020 © 2020 Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Stuttgart
Subjects: Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery;Ophthalmology, Optometry
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Abstract
Aponeurotic blepharoptosis is a commonly encountered problem in patients with functional and/or cosmetic concerns. Both external levator repair and conjunctival mullerectomy are time-honored surgical approaches. A subset of patients with upper eyelid ptosis are good candidates for external levator repair through a modified incision. Initially, small incision external levator repair was described through an 8-mm incision. This chapter describes a useful modification of small incision external levator repair through a slightly larger incision.