Levator recession and minimal lateral tarsorrhaphy for the management of lagophthalmos and corneal exposure in facial palsy.

CONCLUSION: Recession of levator muscle was effective in reduction of margin-reflex distance 1 and lagophthalmos in facial palsy patients. This procedure can be added to the surgical armamentarium for management of patients with facial palsy and lagophthalmos. PMID: 31601122 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601122?dopt=Abstract

Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology - October 9, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Eshraghi B, Ghadimi H, Nikdel M Tags: Eur J Ophthalmol Source Type: research