Publications of Faculty of Medicine:FRONTALIS SLING USING EXPANDED POLY TETRA FLUORO ETHYLENE (EPTFE) MATERIAL THROUGH AN OPEN APPROACH: Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the proposed material (EPTFE) and approach as a suitable alternative for the correction of poor levator function ptosis. Method: Twenty-one eyes with unilateral ‘52. bilateral poor levator function ptosis were subjected to the proposed frontalis sling procedure using an open approach with internal fixation using EPTFE materiaL Follow up ranged I year to 3 years.