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.

The amount of ptosis is measured as the distance between the upper and lower eyelid margins with the brow held in a relaxed position. In bilateral ptosis, the amount of ptosis is determined by the ...

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 is a condition where the eye appears small and sleepy due to an abnormal drooping of the upper eyelid when looking straight. There is congenital ptosis where a drooping of the eyelid is present ...