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Burnstine, Michael A. et al.: 2020 Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery of the Upper Face DOI: 10.1055/b-0039-172770
Section III Involutional Ptosis

22 Posterior White Line Advancement

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Editors: Burnstine, Michael A.; Dresner, Steven C.; Samimi, David B.; Merritt, Helen A.

Authors: Attas-Fox, Liat; Bergman, Mica Y.; Blessing, Nathan W.; Brundridge, Wesley L.; Bernardini, Francesco P.; Carruthers, Jean; Chang, Jessica R.; Codère, François; Delgado, Juan A.; Devoto, Martín H.; Duarte, Ana F.; Dolman, Peter J.; DeBacker, Christopher M.; Foster, Jill A.; Fante, Robert G.; Gennai, Alessandro; Gokoffski, Kimberly K.; Gildener-Leapman, Juliana; Greer, Christine; Hamill, Eric B.; Heymann, Hans B.; Hartstein, Morris E.; Holck, David E. E.; Holds, John B.; Kakizaki, Hirohiko; Kim, Jonathan W.; Kalyam, Krishnapriya; Lee, Wendy W.; Lee, Diana K.; Lucarelli, Mark J.; Malhotra, Raman; Martin, John J.; Mahoney, Nicholas R.; Murdock, Jennifer; Ng, John D.; Patel, Vivek R.; Pakdel, Farzad; Pereira, Alice V.; Pfeiffer, Margaret L.; Putterman, Allen M.; Sabundayo, Maria Suzanne; Tan, Jeremy; Ting, Magdalene Y. L.; Yen, Michael T.; Ullrich, Katja; Zhang-Nunes, Sandy

Title: Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery of the Upper Face

Subtitle: Eyelid Ptosis, Dematochalasis, and Eyebrow Ptosis

Print ISBN: 9781626239210; Online ISBN: 9781626239227; Book DOI: 10.1055/b-006-149698

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Subjects: Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery;Ophthalmology, Optometry

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Katja Ullrich, Raman Malhotra

Abstract

The posterior white line advancement technique and the levatorpexy for congenital ptosis derived from it are two approaches of posterior ptosis repair. They are useful for mild to severe involutional ptosis and for congenital ptosis, respectively. The white line advancement can be performed on thinned tarsus and has consistently predictable results when modifying the technique according to preoperative measurements.

Key words

ptosis - surgical technique - posterior approach ptosis correction - levatorpexy - white line advancement