Blepharoptosis (Ptosis, Eyelid)

11/01/2002 - "We describe a patient with blepharoptosis, poor levator function, and a positive phenylephrine test who responded favorably to Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection, alleviating the need for a frontalis suspension ptosis repair in the presence of very deep superior sulci."
07/01/2005 - "Müller muscle-conjunctival resection may offer a safe and effective means of treating blepharoptosis despite a negative phenylephrine test."
11/01/2014 - "The present prospective clinical study involved patients with involutional bilateral blepharoptosis who underwent two tests: 1) digital lifting of the more ptotic eyelid and observation of the effect on the contralateral eyelid and 2) instillation of two drops of 10% phenylephrine in the more ptotic eye and observation of the effect on the contralateral eyelid. "
11/01/2014 - "To quantify and compare the effects of instillation with 10% phenylephrine and digital lifting on the contralateral upper eyelid of patients with involutional bilateral blepharoptosis. "
11/01/2014 - "Palpebral position interdependence in blepharoptosis: comparison of the effect of instillation of 10% phenylephrine drop and digital lifting."

07/01/2008 - "Use of a frontalis muscle lap overlapped with an inferior based orbital septum flap to manage severe congenital upper eyelid ptosis is a useful procedure that results in substantial cosmetic and functional improvement with few complications."
01/01/2014 - "The visual outcome analysis in patients with congenital eyelid ptosis shows good functional and cosmetic results. "
01/01/2011 - "During the treatment of the first patient, unsatisfactory cosmetic problems including lower eyelid retraction, hypoglobus, and severe upper eyelid ptosis were revealed. "
11/01/2010 - "Mechanisms of blepharoptosis following cosmetic glabellar chemodenervation."
01/01/2008 - "Most patients with blepharoptosis prefer to undergo a double eyelid operation and a ptosis repair simultaneously to achieve the optimal cosmetic and functional result. "

03/01/2001 - "Our improved understanding of the functional anatomy of the face and of the action of the botulinum toxin A leads us to determine a new injection procedure which consequently decreases the risk of eyebrow and eyelid ptosis, and increases the toxin injection's possibilities and efficiencies. "
12/01/2004 - "Although commonly related to a rare yet feared adverse consequence from the inappropriate application of botulinum toxin, its application for the treatment of upper eyelid ptosis, eyelid position, and other lid fissure asymmetries for aesthetic improvement is presented."
09/15/2003 - "The incidence of blepharoptosis was 1 percent for the botulinum toxin group. "
04/01/2000 - "How to avoid eyelid ptosis when injecting botulinum toxin into the corrugators."
01/01/2006 - "Botulinum toxin A showed a positive outcome in 91.30% of the treated patients and complications observed after treatment were eyelid ptosis (8.33%) and buccal angle deviation (8.33%). "

06/01/1996 - "The left blepharoptosis was improved two weeks and the swelling of superior levator palpebrae muscle one month after prednisolone administration. "
03/01/1998 - "On administration of prednisolone (initial dose, 60 mg/day), blepharoptosis and muscular strength improved transiently and serum CK level was normalized but external ophthalmoplegia was not improved. "
07/01/1996 - "Her condition had been well controlled on prednisolone until several months before admission, when bilateral blepharoptosis and diplopia developed. "

01/01/2013 - "Placing ice over the lids definitely improved left blepharoptosis. "
08/09/2011 - "[Blepharoptosis test with ice]."
08/01/2001 - "Local heat versus ice on blepharoptosis."
12/01/2000 - "Effect of local heat versus ice on blepharoptosis resulting from ocular myasthenia."
11/01/2009 - "Difference in cover test measurements in primary position or marginal reflex distance before and after the application of the ice pack, specific cause for diplopia and blepharoptosis. "

09/01/2014 - "Placement of onabotulinum toxin A into the central upper eyelid and eyebrow is associated with a low rate of blepharoptosis. "
01/01/2003 - "Temporary blepharoptosis occurred in 3.2% of Botox recipients; however, the incidence of this adverse event tended to decrease with repeated treatment sessions. "
01/01/2003 - "There was low occurrence (5.4%) of mostly mild blepharoptosis in the BOTOX group. "
12/01/2009 - "The only individual AEs with significantly greater incidence in the onabotulinumtoxinA group were eyelid sensory disorder (2.5% vs 0.3%, P = .004; verbatim phrases "tight," "pressured," "heavy," "drooping feeling," "feeling of droopiness") and eyelid ptosis (1.8% vs 0%, P = .02), both present only in glabellar studies. "
06/01/2014 - "Of the 1997 patients who received any onabotulinumtoxinA injections, 1455 patients (72.9%) reported at least one AE. Neck pain (12.6%) was the most common onabotulinumtoxinA-associated AE, followed by muscle weakness (8.0%), musculoskeletal stiffness (6.1%) and eyelid ptosis (4.6%). "

07/01/2011 - "Topical naphazoline was evaluated as useful in the treatment of myasthenic blepharoptosis by >70% of the patients. "
07/01/2011 - "We examined the efficacy of topical naphazoline in the treatment of myasthenic blepharoptosis. "
07/01/2011 - "Sixty MG patients with blepharoptosis (32 with ocular symptoms only and 28 with mild generalized symptoms) were enrolled in a multicenter open trial of topical naphazoline. "
07/01/2011 - "Topical naphazoline was found to be an effective supplementary symptomatic treatment for myasthenic blepharoptosis."
07/01/2011 - "Topical naphazoline in the treatment of myasthenic blepharoptosis."

09/01/1976 - "Jaw-winking and blepharoptosis improved to a cosmetically acceptable extent as the child grew older."
01/01/2006 - "Early habituation of severe blepharoptosis in marcus gunn jaw-winking syndrome."
01/01/2004 - "The Marcus-Gunn syndrome associates an unilateral congenital blepharoptosis and "jaw-winking" synkinesia. "
04/01/2002 - "The authors present a 22-year-old man with severe unilateral congenital blepharoptosis associated with Marcus Gunn (jaw-winking) syndrome. "
11/01/2001 - "Blepharoptosis associated with Marcus Gunn jaw-winking phenomenon is often more severe than found by conventional clinical evaluation. "

03/01/2015 - "Clinicians should meticulously inspect the lower eyelid in cases of atypical blepharoptosis and consider the effects of eye drops when inspecting pupils for miosis. "
10/01/1979 - "Resection of the superior tarsal muscle (STM) is effective in correcting congenital or acquired blepharoptosis in patients who have satisfactory elevation of the eyelid with a preoperative phenylephrine eye drops test. "

01/01/2014 - "We examined a 71-year-old man with right blepharospasm and bilateral aponeurosis-disinserted blepharoptosis to determine whether the patient's blepharospasm was worsened by increased trigeminal proprioceptive evocation via stretching of the mechanoreceptors in Müller's muscle owing to a 60° upward gaze and serrated eyelid closure, and whether local anesthesia of the mechanoreceptors via lidocaine administration to the upper fornix as well as surgical disinsertion of Müller's muscle from the tarsus and fixation of the disinserted aponeurosis to the tarsus decreased trigeminal proprioceptive evocation and improved patient's blepharospasm. "
10/01/2001 - "It has been hypothesized that some cases of postoperative diplopia and blepharoptosis could be attributed to the myotoxic effects of local anesthetics to the extraocular muscles and the levator muscle or to the neurotoxic effects of lidocaine. "

09/01/2015 - "Two- and three-point sutures for advancing the levator aponeurosis were equally effective for correcting blepharoptosis in Asians."
02/01/2015 - "Blepharoptosis correction with buried suture method."
01/01/2014 - "Our hybrid technique combines the benefits of both the incisional and suture methods, allowing for a predictable and easily reproducible correction of blepharoptosis with an aesthetically pleasing double eyelid."
02/01/2013 - "A retrospective chart review included 33 patients (52 eyelids) with blepharoptosis coexisting with dermatochalasis, surgically corrected through a small orbital septum incision and minimal dissection after redundant upper lid skin excision, by placing a single fixation suture between the levator aponeurosis and the tarsal plate. "
11/01/2012 - "Ninety-two eyelids from 66 patients with acquired blepharoptosis were treated with small-incision external levator advancement with uniform suture placement. "

09/12/2009 - "The incidence of adverse effects associated with BTA is similar to placebo, with the exception of blepharoptosis which is reported to be 0-5.4% after treatment of glabellar lines with BTA."
01/01/2006 - "Botulinum toxin A showed a positive outcome in 91.30% of the treated patients and complications observed after treatment were eyelid ptosis (8.33%) and buccal angle deviation (8.33%). "
01/01/2012 - "One week after treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin, his ophthalmoplegia, blepharoptosis, and ataxic gait had gradually improved, and his deep tendon reflexes returned. "
07/01/2015 - "Upper eyelid ptosis after cosmetic botulinum toxin can persist for many months after treatment. "

10/01/2009 - "A modified Fasanella-Servat procedure under local anesthesia resulted in the desired correction of his left upper eyelid ptosis. "
10/01/2001 - "Transient diplopia, blepharoptosis, or both conditions are rare postoperative complications of blepharoplasty performed with the patient under local anesthesia. "
01/01/2014 - "We examined a 71-year-old man with right blepharospasm and bilateral aponeurosis-disinserted blepharoptosis to determine whether the patient's blepharospasm was worsened by increased trigeminal proprioceptive evocation via stretching of the mechanoreceptors in Müller's muscle owing to a 60° upward gaze and serrated eyelid closure, and whether local anesthesia of the mechanoreceptors via lidocaine administration to the upper fornix as well as surgical disinsertion of Müller's muscle from the tarsus and fixation of the disinserted aponeurosis to the tarsus decreased trigeminal proprioceptive evocation and improved patient's blepharospasm. "
05/01/2013 - ": The local anesthesia of the eyelid with 1 ml bupivacaine plus epinephrine causes a temporary increase of blepharoptosis within the first few minutes with minimal effect on levator muscle function measurements."
05/01/2013 - "To evaluate the effect of local anesthesia with bupivacaine plus epinephrine on the extent of blepharoptosis and levator palpebrae muscle function. "

01/01/2002 - "Analysis of disease structure in anophthalmia helped determine the priority trends of surgical rehabilitation of this group of patients: enucleation with plasty of the supporting motor stump, 36.6%; postradiation atrophy of orbital tissues after enucleation for retinoblastoma, 22.6%; anophthalmic syndrome, 11.7%; cicatricial deformation of the cavity, 11.5%; anophthalmia with concomitant eyelid deformation, 6.1%; anophthalmia with orbital deformation, 3.1%; denudation of orbital implants, 2.6%; congenital anophthalmia, 2.5%; prolapse of the inferior vault and upper eyelid ptosis, 1.8 and 1.4%, respectively. "
10/01/2015 - "There was a lower incidence of blepharoptosis and fornix shortening with the MCOI in comparison to spherical implants, while the incidence of orbital implant exposure was similar with the MCOI in comparison to other types of orbital implants. "

11/01/2004 - "The authors think if the blepharoptosis is not improved in several days and the fractured fragment is suspected to compress the levator in computed tomography scan, surgical decompression is necessary and should be performed as soon as possible."