Frontalis Sling Operation Using Preserved Fascia Lata.

Yi, Ka Young; Chi, Yong Hun; Woo, Kyung In; Kim, Yoon Duck

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1997;38(12):2084-2090.
Published online December 1, 1997.

Frontalis Sling Operation Using Preserved Fascia Lata.

Ka Young Yi, Yong Hun Chi, Kyung In Woo, Yoon Duck Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul national university, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center.

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이가영(Ka Young Yi),지용훈(Yong Hun Chi),우경인(Kyung In Woo),김윤덕(Yoon Duck Kim)

Abstract

In this prospective study, 208 cases of ptosis were repaired using dried preserved fascia lata as suspension material for frontalis sling procedure during 1990 to 1996. The average age at operation was 9.2 years with the range of 2 months to 56 years. One hundred forty one patients (91.0%) of the 155 patients with follow-up of more than 3 months and 99 (90.8%) of the 109 patients with follow-up of more than 6 months showed satisfactory results respectively. Among 12 unsatisfactory cases six patients underwent reoperation and achieved satisfactory results. Exposure keratitis was the most common complication (39.4%)but most of them were transient. The authors report frontalis sling operation using preserved fascia lata with 96.3% of success rate with few complications.

Key Words: Blepharoptosis;Frontalis sling;Preserved fascia lata