Treatment of mild to moderate unilateral congenital ptosis using single suture levator resection

To assess the effectiveness single large suture levator resection in the repair of mild to moderate unilateral congenital ptosis. All patients included in the study were younger than 7 years. They all had unilateral congenital ptosis with fair to good levator function. They all underwent levator resection by a single large suture in the ptotic eyelid. At the end of our study, 80% of patients showed sufficient elevation of the ptotic eyelid with a MRD of >/=4mm. 75% of the patients showed symmetry between the two eyelids with eyelid margins within 1mm of each other. The results of our study suggest that the single large suture levator resection procedure is effective in the treatment of mild to moderate unilateral congenital ptosis