Prevalence of amblyopia in congenital blepharoptosis: a systematic review and Meta-analysis [PDF]
AIM: To conduct a systematic review and Meta-analysis of the published literature to evaluate the pooled prevalence rate of amblyopia in patients with congenital ptosis.
Jia-Ying Zhang +4 more
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The Recurrence of Ptosis after Correction Surgery Is Associated with Refractive Error
Background and objectives: Previous studies on ptosis recurrence after correction surgery have tended to focus on postoperative complications, surgical methods and suspension materials, few have mentioned refractive error. This research is to investigate
Yu Ke +6 more
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etiological Pattern o FBlePHaroPtosis among Patients Presenting in teacHing HosPital
The purpose of this study was to find out the etiological pattern of blepharoptosis among patients presenting in BPKLCOS, T.U. Teaching Hospital. This was a hospital based descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted from February 2003 to July 2004.
Raba Thapa, P C Karmacharya, B P Nepal
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Muller Muscle of the Upper Eyelid: Histopathological Features of Congenital and Acquired Ptosis
Purpose: to study the histological features of the Muller muscle of the upper eyelid in patients with congenital and acquired ptosis to understand the mechanism of ptosis. Material and methods.
M. G. Kataev +5 more
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Consanguineous-derived homozygous WNT1 mutation results in osteogenesis imperfect with congenital ptosis and exotropia. [PDF]
Background Wnt signaling pathway plays an important role in promoting ostergenesis. WNT1 mutations have been considered as a major cause of ostergenesis imperfect (OI).
Chen P +7 more
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Clinical value of phenylephrine testing in the upper and lower eyelids of patients with aponeurotic and congenital eyelid ptosis [PDF]
AIM: To characterize the phenylephrine test in aponeurotic and congenital eyelid ptosis, to determine the appropriate timing of the phenylephrine test, and to assess the responses of the upper and lower eyelids. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis
Ozgun Melike Gedar Totuk +3 more
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Advances in the Genetics of Congenital Ptosis [PDF]
Congenital ptosis, a birth defects presents at birth or by 1 year of age, is characterized by the drooping of the upper eyelid. Either in isolation (nonsyndromic) or with many different systemic disorders (syndromic). The estimated prevalence of ptosis (congenital and acquired) ranges from 0.79 to 1.99 per 10,000 people in different populations, and it
Peixuan Wu +3 more
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Purpose: To compare Triangular technique, Double Triangular technique and Pentagonal technique of Frontalis Sling surgery in ptosis correction in congenital ptosis patients. Methods: Cases with bilateral congenital simple ptosis with poor levator action,
Kumar Vivek +6 more
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Hsi-Wei Chung,1,2 Lay Leng Seah1,2,3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Singapore National Eye Centre, 2Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 3Department of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical
Chung HW, Seah LL
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Factors related to amblyopia in congenital ptosis after frontalis sling surgery. [PDF]
Background Amblyopia is a main concern in children undergoing frontalis sling surgery for repairing congenital ptosis. This study aimed to evaluate factors related to amblyopia in children undergoing frontalis sling surgery.
Bee YS, Tsai PJ, Lin MC, Chu MY.
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