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- Title
Complete post-traumatic ptosis: A mechanism for recovery?
- Authors
Arden, Richard L.; Moore, Grant K.
- Abstract
Traumatic blcphnroptosis, although considered relatively rare, is an entity which demands recognition if one is to achieve optimal results. Reports of levator injury following orbital, ocular, and adnexal surgery, as well as in cataract and blepharo-plasty procedures, are well described. In most cases eventuating in complete ptosis, levator disinsertion is the anatomic correlate, the ptosis is usually permanent, and surgical intervention is often indicated. We have observed two cases of transient, complete post-traumatic ptosis which have recovered by 6 weeks with expectant management. We believe this entity to be more pervasive than the current literature seems to reflect and emphasis is placed on nonoperative therapy. This paper reviews the anatomical considerations relevant to the function of the levator complex as well as the possible mechanisms for its injury.
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 1989, Vol 99, Issue 11, p1175
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1288/00005537-198911000-00014