J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2014 Dec;55(12):1734-1738. 10.3341/jkos.2014.55.12.1734.

Surgical Outcomes of Levator Resection in Ptosis Patients with Deep Superior Sulcus

• Kim JS
• Ahn HB

• KMID: 2338953
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2014.55.12.1734

Abstract

PURPOSE
To investigate the characteristics and postoperative complications of ptosis patients with deep superior sulcus following levator resection surgery.
METHODS
Records of 33 ptosis patients (59 lids) with deep superior sulcus who underwent levator resection surgery from March 2008 to May 2013 were reviewed retrospectively. Operation success rate, reoperation rate, preoperative and postoperative marginal reflex distance 1 (MRD1), and levator function were compared and postoperative complications were evaluated.
RESULTS
The patient's mean age was 65.8 years. The MRD1 was -1.0 +/- 1.4 mm preoperatively, 2.5 +/- 1.2 mm at 1 month after surgery, and 2.3 +/- 1.1 mm at 3 months after surgery. Operation success rate was 84.8%. At 1 month after surgery, 52.5% of lids had lagophthalmos as a surgery complication but later all recovered. Additionally, 44.1% of the patients had worn therapeutic contact lenses postoperatively for 7.0 +/- 12.1 days.
CONCLUSIONS
Occurrence rate of postoperative lagophthalmos was higher than in other previous studies suggesting a tendency for overcorrection in levator resection surgery for ptosis patients with deep superior sulcus. Additionally, levator resection surgery is cosmetically as well as functionally very effective for deep superior sulcus.

Keyword

Deep superior sulcus; Lagophthalmos; Levator resection; Ptosis

MeSH Terms

Contact Lenses
Humans
Postoperative Complications
Reflex
Reoperation
Retrospective Studies

Figure

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  Figure 1. (A, C, E) Preoperative findings for the deep superior sulcus patients. (B) Postoperative photographs showing that the deep superior sulcus improved. (D) Postoperative photographs showing that the deep superior sulcus partially improved. (F) Postoperative photographs showing that the deep superior sulcus was not improved.

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