Müller's muscle-conjunctival resection for blepharoptosis with poor levator function
Cohen, A.J.; Weinberg, D.A.
Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers 33(6): 491-492
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 1082-3069 PMID: 12449225 Document Number: 550806
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.
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