Ptosis / Drooped Eyelids Surgery New York, NY - Eye Plastic Surgery / Ophthalmology Robert C. Della Rocca, M.D. - New York City, Bronx (NY), Westchester, Dutchess County, Northern New Jersey, Southern Connecticut & Putnam County, NY

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PTOSIS

Ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelids), may be a congenital or acquired problem. Infants and young children are evaluated to determine the possibilities and timing for surgical treatment. In most children surgical repair is done if ptosis is significant at age four to five years of age. There are some indications for ptosis surgery in infants or toddlers: the presence of a backward head tilt in a child, or potential visual problem associated with ptosis. Surgical repair may involve levator muscle (the muscle that involves the upper eyelids) tightening or shortening or suspension of the upper eyelid with suture donor material or silicone material.

The choice of the procedure will depend on functions of the levator muscle in children and with poor function, eyelid suspension is the procedure of choice. Ptosis which develops in adulthood is typically associated with good function of the levator muscle and requires shortening or tightening the levator muscle. The procedure is customized for each patient depending on a number of factors.

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RELATED TOPICS
Eyelid crease repair Management of complication of ptosis repair Management of complication of droop eyelid repair Repair brow ptosis Repair of abnormality in the Asian eyelid Repair of acquired ptosis Repair of congenital ptosis Repair of drooped upper eyelid	Repair of ptosis associated with eyelid trauma Repair of ptosis associated with injury to the eyelid Repair of ptosis in adults Repair of ptosis in children Repair of ptosis of the upper eyelid Repair of recurrent ptosis Surgical formation of eyelid crease

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