Signs of Horner syndrome include reduced palpebral fissure with mild ptosis involving both upper and lower lids due to paralysis of the Müller’s muscles innervated by the sympathetic pathway ...

Ptosis has been reported in as many as 44.4% of patients undergoing routine cataract surgery at 6 weeks, 6 although for the majority of patients this resolves without treatment. 11 Causes of ...

Ptosis, also known as blepharoptosis, is a medical term for a drooping upper eyelid. This condition occurs due to a weakness or disorder of the levator muscle, which controls the upper eyelid.

Compensating for anesthesia-induced lagophthalmos and adjusting the palpebral fissure increased the predictability of eyelid height after surgery for pediatric congenital ptosis, a study found.

Signs of AFR ptosis include a decreased palpebral aperture with a reduced upper and lower MRD. The diagnosis can be established with demonstration of an increase in ptosis during cheek puffing.

Ptosis is most commonly the result of age-related stretching and dehiscence of the levator aponeurosis (60%). Other causes may be neurogenic (e.g., third-nerve palsy, myasthenia gravis, Horner ...

The Bell’s phenomenon, also called the palpebral-oculogyric reflex ... operative period after eyelid surgery and in patients with ptosis (drooping eyelids) - either isolated, with myopathy ...