The levator muscle function is approximately 15 mm. Postoperative result after levator aponeurosis muscle resection. A 5-year-old boy with severe ptosis of left upper lid with fair levator function.

The aim of this surgery is typically to tighten the levator muscle or repair the levator aponeurosis, which can help raise the eyelid. The procedure is safe, but complications are possible.

Aponeurotic repair: In this procedure, the levator aponeurosis, the tendon that attaches the levator muscle to the eyelid, is repaired. Eyelid surgery is usually a safe and effective procedure ...

Ptosis is most commonly the result of age-related stretching and dehiscence of the levator aponeurosis (60%). Other causes may be neurogenic (e.g., third-nerve palsy, myasthenia gravis, Horner ...

If the problem is with the function of the levator muscle, a common surgical option is a frontalis sling procedure. This operation involves the frontalis muscle, using the forehead muscle to ...

During laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection (APR) for low rectal cancer, it is difficult to resect the levator muscles and remove a cylindrical specimen without venturing close to the rectal wall ...

The amount of ptosis and levator function determine the amount of aponeurosis and levator muscle resection, with the levator function being the most important of the two. The earliest age to ...