Graded full-thickness anterior blepharotomy for correction of upper eyelid retraction not associated with thyroid eye disease

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-45

  Demirci, Hakan ^a   Hassan, Adam S ^a   Reck, Stephen D ^a   Frueh, Bartley R ^a   Elner, Victor M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EVALUATION; EYE INJURY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; EYELID RETRACTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRADED FULL THICKNESS ANTERIOR BLEPHAROTOMY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; MUSCLE RESECTION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; PUPIL; SCAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; UPPER EYELID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROPLASTY; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846448493     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31802c602c     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bartley GB. The differential diagnosis and classification of eyelid retraction. Ophthalmology 1996;103:168-76.
2. Chang EL, Rubin PAD. Upper and lower eyelid retraction. Int Ophthalmol Clin 2002;42:45-59.
3. Putterman AM, Fett DR. Mueller's muscle in the treatment of upper eyelid retraction: a 12 year study. Ophthalmic Surg 1986;17:361-7.
4. Ceisler EJ, Bilyk JR, Rubin PA, et al. Results of Mullerotomy and levator aponeurosis transposition for the correction of upper eyelid retraction in Graves disease. Ophthalmology 1995;102:483-92.
5. Henderson JW. A surgical procedure for retraction in eyelids in endocrine exophthalmos: a moving picture. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1965;63:70-4.
6. Henderson JW. Relief of eyelid retraction. Arch Ophthalmol 1965;74:205-16.
7. Harvey JT, Anderson RL. The aponeurotic approach to eyelid retraction. Ophthalmology 1981;88:513-24.
8. Baylis HI, Cies WA, Kamin DF. Correction of upper eyelid. Am J Ophthalmol 1976;82:790-4.
9. Callahan A. Levator recession: with reattachment to the tarsus with collagen film. Arch Ophthalmol 1965;73:800-2.
10. Putterman AM, Urist MJ. A simplified levator palpebrae superioris muscle recession to treat overcorrected blepharoptosis. Am J Ophthalmol 1974;77:358-66.
11. Collin JR, O'Donnell BA. Adjustable sutures in eyelid surgery for ptosis and lid retraction. Br J Ophthalmol 1994;78:167-74.
12. Grove AS. Eyelid retraction treated by levator marginal myotomy. Ophthalmology 1980;87:1013-8.
13. Downes RN, Jordan K. The surgical management of dysthyroid related eyelid retraction using Mersilene mesh. Eye 1989;3:385-90.
14. Doxanas MT, Dryden RM. The use of sclera in the treatment of dysthyroid eyelid retraction. Ophthalmology 1981;88:887-94.
15. Mourits MP, Koornneef L. Lid lengthening by sclera interposition for eyelid retraction in Graves ophthalmopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 1991;75:344-7.
16. Small RG. Surgery for upper eyelid retraction, three techniques. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1995;93:353-65.
17. Fenton S, Kemp EG. A review of the outcome of upper lid lowering for eyelid retraction and complications of spacers at a single unit over five years. Orbit 2002;21:289-94.
18. Karesh JW, Putterman AM. Correction of postoperative eyelid retraction with simplified levator palpebrae superioris muscle recession: analysis of a 10-year experience. Ophthalmic Surg 1987;18:815-20.
19. Elner VM, Hassan AS, Frueh BR. Graded full-thickness anterior blepharotomy for upper eyelid retraction. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:55-60.
20. Fante RG, Elner VM. The use of epinephrine in infiltrative local anesthesia for eyelid reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:917.
21. Moran RE. The correction of exophthalmos and levator spasm. Plast Reconstr Surg 1956;18:411-26.
22. Goldstein I. Recession of the levator muscle for lagophthalmos in exophthalmic goiter. Arch Ophthalmol 1934;11:389-93.
23. Olver JM, Fells P. Henderson's relief of eyelid retraction revisited. Eye 1995;9:467-71.
24. Piggot TA, Niazi ZBM, Hodgkinson PD. New technique of levator lengthening for the retracted upper eyelid. Br J Plast Surg 1995;48:127-31.
25. Tucker SM, Collin R. Repair of upper eyelid retraction: a comparison between adjustable and non-adjustable sutures. Br J Ophthalmol 1995;79:658-60.
26. Hassan AS, Frueh BR, Elner VM. Mullerectomy for upper eyelid retraction and lagophthalmos due to facial nerve palsy. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:1221-5.
27. Aramideh M, Koelman JHTM, Devriese PP, et al. Thixotropy of levator palpebrae as the cause of lagophthalmos after peripheral facial nerve palsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;72:665-7.
28. Aramideh M, Koelman JH, Devriese PP, et al. Thixotropy: a novel explanation for the cause of lagophthalmos after peripheral facial nerve palsy. Br J Ophthalmol 2002;86:839.