Trauma Case Reports, 2023 This report describes the unusual case and surgical repair of avulsion and external herniation of the levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) aponeurosis and attached muscle fibres associated with superior tarsal plate fracture in an 8-year-old Indigenous ...
Samuel D. Browning, Hamish P. Dunn
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Anatomical analysis of the muscle layers of the soft palate in velopharyngeal closure: A cadaveric study [PDF]
JPRAS OpenBackground: In general, the levator veli palatini is essential for velopharyngeal closure as it elevates the velum. However, reconstructing the levator veli palatini alone does not fully restore velopharyngeal closure, suggesting that surrounding muscles—
Keiko Fukino +6 more
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Journal of Cosmetic DermatologyDouble‐eyelid blepharoplasty is a popular cosmetic procedure in Asia; however, there are some drawbacks to this procedure for mild blepharoptosis. Enhancing movement of the levator aponeurosis can correct blepharoptosis through the release of fibrous web
Tailing Wang
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Efficacy of Transconjunctival Tucking Surgery in Comparison With the Phenylephrine-test Positive and Negative Involutional Blepharoptosis Groups [PDF]
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global OpenBackground:. This study aimed to determine whether there is a significant difference in the efficacy of transconjunctival tucking of the Müller muscle and levator aponeurosis in patients with involutional blepharoptosis who tested positive or negative on
Kosuke Ogasawara, MD, PhD
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Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage-grouse). [PDF]
J AnatCourtship displays among birds are widespread, particularly those which incorporate raised tail feathers for extended periods of time. The Gunnison sage‐grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is such a species. When we compared the tail muscles of the sage‐grouse to birds which do not engage in erected tail fan postures, both morphology proportional mass ...
Clark AD +3 more
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Comparative Morphology and Mechanics of Aquatic and Terrestrial Feeding Salamanders. [PDF]
J MorpholJaw muscle size, bite force, and skull strength are driven by multiple factors, not just the difference between the two habitats. Necturus produces higher bite forces than Salamandra, but the stress distribution is less even in Necturus, suggesting Salamandra's skull shape is better adapated to resist feeding loads.
May JRS, Porro LB, Rayfield EJ.
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Dual-layer non-incisional double eyelid method: A novel approach for dermatochalasis-induced pseudoptosis [PDF]
JPRAS OpenDermatochalasis frequently causes pseudoptosis that complicates double eyelid formation in Asian patients. Conventional non-incisional buried suture techniques are often inadequate for managing redundant skin, while incisional methods entail permanent ...
Taisei Sato, Jong-hak Lim
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Beyond Domestication: Occurrence of Levator Anguli Oculi Medialis and Retractor Anguli Oculi Lateralis in Four Neotropical Canid Species. [PDF]
Anat Histol EmbryolABSTRACT The facial mimetic muscles levator anguli oculi medialis (LAOM) and retractor anguli oculi lateralis (RAOL) have been associated with expressive eye movements in canids and proposed as products of domestication. We investigated their occurrence in four Neotropical species (Lycalopex gymnocercus, Lycalopex vetulus, Cerdocyon thous and ...
de Souza-Junior P +6 more
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Vascular anomaly in the levator aponeurosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Satoru Kase +4 more
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Journal of Ophthalmic Surgery, 2019 The present procedure was performed in 17 patients with age-related ptosis. Postoperatively, satisfactory aesthetic results were achieved in all cases.
K. Ogasawara
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