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RESULTS IN TWENTY-ONE PATIENTS AND THIRTY LIDS

FREDERICK C. CORDES, M.D.; ULRICH FRITSCHI, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1944;31(6):461-468.

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In 1935 Dickey conceived the idea of correcting ptosis, in cases with normal function of the superior rectus muscle, by using a sling of fascia lata through the middle third of that muscle and attaching it to the tarsus. This method was published in 1936 as a preliminary report.¹ Although the operation has been in use at the University of California since that time, no further cases were reported until Gifford and Puntenney² described their results in 5 cases in which they employed a modification of the Dickey procedure.

Many operations have been devised for ptosis. They may be divided into two principal classes : those employed when there is paralysis or paresis of the superior rectus muscle and those employed when this muscle has normal function. Here we are concerned with the latter.

The Blaskovics³ operation has been used rather widely. In this procedure a piece of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the Division of Ophthalmology, University of California Medical School.

Footnotes
Presented at the Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Section on Ophthalmology, Chicago, Oct. 11, 1943.

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