RESUMO
To assess etiology, demography, surgical management and postoperative complications of ptosis in a referral ophthalmologic center. We reviewed records of 233 ptosis patients managed at Labbafinejad Hospital during 1998-2003. Etiology, age, sex, laterality, family history, amblyopia, past medical history, margin reflex distance and levator function, type of surgery, and postoperative complications were evaluated. The study included 117 female and 116 male subjects with mean age of 18.7 +/- 12.8 years. There was past ocular surgery in 85%, female history of ptosis in 3.4% amblyopia in 19.2% and strabismus in 6.9%. Ptosis was unilateral in 85% and bilateral in 15% and was congenital in 79%. The most prevalent type of ptosis is congenital therefore early ditection and referral of affected children is necessary to prevent amblyopi