ABSTRACT
To analyse outcome of the Levator Resection Surgery for the correction of congenital ptosis. Design: A retrospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Three hospitals at Melbourne, Australia, from January 1990 to January 2000. Subjects and It included all congenital ptosis cases repaired by anterior levator resection. Forty seven eyelids of 44 cases were included. Twenty cases were male and 24 female. Thirty one [66%] were in Primary Surgery group, while 16[34%] in Revision Surgery group. The cumulative success rate with lid position within + 1mm of the desired level was 41/47[87%]. Good outcome was achieved in 92% of cases with levator function 8mm or better compared with only 50% of cases with levator function 6-7mm. The statistical analysis done by Chi Square test did not show any statistically difference among the groups. In the congenital ptosis with levator function 8mm or better, chances of good outcome are more after levator resection