Evaluation of levator resection in management of severe congential ptosis

Thirty five lids of twenty seven patients with severe congenital ptosis were treated by levator resection [transcutaneous approach].Twenty to twenty five mm of the muscle were excised with full correction in 32 cases, overcorrection in 2 cases and undercorrection in one case. Patients were followed up for 12 months levator resection in severe congenital ptosis is recommended before thinking of frontalis sling operations