Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Aug 14:11:1483-1489.
doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S134562. eCollection 2017.

Ptosis after glaucoma surgery

Abraham J Park  1 , Babak Eliassi-Rad  2 , Manishi A Desai  2
Affiliations

Ptosis after glaucoma surgery

Abraham J Park et al. Clin Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Purpose: Evaluate factors contributing to ptosis after glaucoma surgery.

Methods: Three-year retrospective chart review from January 1, 2012, to January 1, 2015, 157 eyes, 3 surgeons, at Boston Medical Center, to determine the incidence of ptosis and the effects of each variable contributing to ptosis at 3 months after surgery. Each variable was analyzed using the chi-square or independent samples t-test analysis to determine statistical significance of ptosis compared with above variables.

Results: The t-test or chi-square analysis showed that gender, steroid duration, use of mitomycin C, duration of surgery, and prior surgeries were not statistically significant factors for ptosis. There was a statistically significant association between those <70 years of age and ptosis (P<0.05), non-combined surgery and ptosis (P<0.05), shunting surgery and ptosis (P<0.05).

Conclusion: Ptotic changes occurred more often in those who have shunting (Ahmed and Baerveldt) surgeries compared with filtering (trabeculectomy and Express) surgeries.

Keywords: combined surgery; filtering surgery; glaucoma; ptosis; shunting surgery; trabeculectomy.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

References

    1. Alpar JJ. Acquired ptosis following cataract and glaucoma surgery. Glaucoma. 1982;4:66–68.
    1. Kaplan LJ, Jaffe NS, Clayman HM. Ptosis and cataract surgery. A multivariant computer analysis of a prospective study. Ophthalmology. 1985;92(2):237–242. - PubMed
    1. Patel JI, Blount M, Jones C. Surgical blepharoptosis – the bridle suture factor? Eye (Lond) 2002;16(5):535–537. - PubMed
    1. Paris GL, Quickert MH. Disinsertion of the aponeurosis of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle after cataract extraction. Am J Ophthalmol. 1976;81(3):337–340. - PubMed
    1. Singh SK, Sekhar GC, Gupta S. Etiology of ptosis after cataract surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg. 1997;23(9):1409–1413. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources