Part 2. Study of rabbit levator muscle and aponeurosis histopathology after subtenon's triamcinolone injection was performed. Part 1. The average age was 44.6 years (range: 14 – 85 years ...

The technique that I prefer is a recession of the levator aponeurosis and Muller’s muscle. After the patient is placed on the operating table, lines are drawn to outline the amount of skin to be ...

People can also acquire ptosis later in life. A common cause is accidental stretching or tearing of the levator aponeurosis, which is a tendon-like sheathe that allows the eyelid to move.

At this same operation, droopy eyelids (ptosis) are corrected by tightening the levator aponeurosis, and other malpositions of the eyelids are corrected. This group of patients predictably ...

Ptosis is most commonly the result of age-related stretching and dehiscence of the levator aponeurosis (60%). Other causes may be neurogenic (e.g., third-nerve palsy, myasthenia gravis, Horner ...

Aponeurotic repair: In this procedure, the levator aponeurosis, the tendon that attaches the levator muscle to the eyelid, is repaired. Eyelid surgery is usually a safe and effective procedure ...