To assess the efficacy and predictability of a minimal incision posterior approach levator plication technique for correction of involutional ptosis. Forty-four lids of 27 patients were included.

Levator maldevelopment (dysmyogenic) ptosis is the most common type of ptosis seen in childhood and is caused by primary dystrophy of the levator muscle. Mueller's superior tarsal muscle is normal.

Ptosis of the upper eyelid can be disturbing to an individual because of cosmesis and a compromised visual field. Weakness in the muscles, namely levator and Müller’s muscles, lead to ptosis. Ptosis ...

December 7, 2011 — Upper blepharoplasty and blepharoptosis repair are functionally indicated and beneficial, according to a report published in the December issue of Ophthalmology. Kenneth V. Cahill, ...