Changes of Contralateral Eyelid Position after Unilateral Blepharoptosis Repair.

Shin, Dong Min; Jeung, Woo Jin; Ahn, Hee Bae

doi:2008.49.1.8

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 49(1); 2008 > Article

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2008;49(1):8-13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2008.49.1.8 Published online January 31, 2008.

Changes of Contralateral Eyelid Position after Unilateral Blepharoptosis Repair.

Dong Min Shin, Woo Jin Jeung, Hee Bae Ahn

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea. hbahn@dau.ac.kr

단안 눈꺼풀처짐 교정술 후 반대쪽 눈꺼풀의 위치변화

신동민ㆍ정우진ㆍ안희배

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Pusan, Korea

Correspondence: Dong Min Shin, M.D.

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the effect of unilateral blepharoptosis repair on contralateral eyelid position. METHODS: The medical records of 39 patients who had undergone unilateral blepharoptosis repair were reviewed for preoperative and postoperative margin reflex distance (MRD). RESULTS: Of the 39 patients, 28 (71.8%) had congenital ptosis and 11 (28.2%) revealed acquired ptosis. Twenty-two (56.4%) patients were male and 17 (43.6%) were female. Ages ranged from 3 to 55 years (mean 15.3+/-20.1 years). After unilateral blepharoptosis repair, the postoperative mean (+/-SD) change in MRD of nonoperated eye was -0.3+/-0.7 mm at week one, -0.3+/-0.6 mm at three months, and -0.2+/-0.7 mm at six months. CONCLUSIONS: After unilateral blepharoptosis repair, 35.9% of patients had a decrease in contralateral eyelid height at postoperative 3 months and amount of decrease was 0.2+/-0.7 mm.

Key Words: Contralateral eyelid position;Unilateral blepharoptosis