Transconjunctival blepharoptosis surgery: a review of posterior approach ptosis surgery and posterior approach white-line advancement

Open Ophthalmol J. 2010 Dec 14:4:81-4. doi: 10.2174/1874364101004010081.

Abstract

Posterior approach blepharoptosis surgery, via the transconjunctival route, was probably the first method of surgery employed to shorten the levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) muscle. A review of the literature demonstrates how surgery has evolved since Blaskovics' first described his technique in 1923. We describe our newer method of posterior approach white-line advancement blepharoptosis repair which is now an option in the majority of aponeurotic ptosis with moderate to good levator function.

Keywords: Müller,s muscle conjunctival resection.; Ptosis Surgery; Transconjunctival Blepharoptosis Surgery; White-Line Advancement.