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Postoperative Visual Outcome: Sling procedure with prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis

OBJECTIVE: To assess the visual outcome after sling procedure using prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis. METHODS: A descriptive case series study was performed in the Department of Ophthalmology of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, for a duration of six months in which 20 pa...

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Autores principales: Shamim, Nida, Hayat, Nausheen, Cheema, Alyscia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8713194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35035431
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4359
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To assess the visual outcome after sling procedure using prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis. METHODS: A descriptive case series study was performed in the Department of Ophthalmology of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, for a duration of six months in which 20 patients aged 3-10 years were selected with either unilateral or bilateral congenital ptosis. They were thoroughly examined and visual acuity and degree of ptosis were measured pre-operatively. Frontalis sling surgery was performed using prolene sutures on all patients after which their visual acuity and degree of ptosis were measured once again after three months post-operatively. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. For qualitative variables, frequency and percentages were calculated. Mean and Standard deviation was commutated for the quantitative variable. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 8.15±1.75. 11 (55%) male and 9 (45%) female participants were included in the study. Visual acuity improved in all the patients with all the patients attaining a visual acuity of 6/6 (n=12, 60%), 6/9 (n=7, 35%), and 6/12 (n=1, 5%). The degree of ptosis post-operatively was not found in any patient either. CONCLUSION: Sling procedure helped in eliminating ptosis and improved visual acuity in patients with simple congenital ptosis.