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. 1996 May;114(5):620-4.
doi: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130612025.

Adjustable suture technique for levator recession

J J Woog  1 , M E Hartstein, J Hoenig
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Adjustable suture technique for levator recession

J J Woog et al. Arch Ophthalmol. 1996 May.

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether an adjustable suture technique is clinically useful in levator recession surgery.

Design: Consecutive clinical series.

Setting: Inpatient hospital and ambulatory surgical center.

Participants: Ten patients who were undergoing levator recession surgical procedures for correction of eyelid retraction constituted the group of subjects of this study.

Outcome measures: Outcome measures included margin-reflex distance and palpebral fissure measurements.

Results: Postoperative margin-reflex distance and palpebral fissure measurements were within 0.5 mm of the desired eyelid position in 10 or 14 procedures and within 1 mm of the desired position in 12 of 14 procedures.

Conclusion: Adjustable sutures may be a useful adjunct in levator recession surgery.

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