Congenital ptosis with aponeurotic maldevelopment: clinical and surgical perspectives : Aponeurotic maldevelopment in congenital ptosis.

Purpose: Levator muscle dystrophy has been commonly accused being the main pathology of congenital ptosis, nevertheless, few reports drew attention to the existence of congenital aponeurotic defects. This study aims at highlighting the detailed clinical and surgical features of aponeurotic maldevelopment together with the efficacy of simple aponeurosis repair.

Methods: This is a retrospective nonrandomised study including patients with congenital ptosis who underwent levator muscle surgery throughout 4 years.

Corneal Hysteresis, Central Corneal Thickness, and Intraocular Pressure in Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Their Relation to Disease Activity.

Purpose: To evaluate biomechanical properties, corneal thickness, and intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and correlate them with rheumatoid activity.

Patients And Methods: Forty RA eyes were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) was used to assess the rheumatoid activity by a rheumatologist.

Primary Dermis Fat Grafting for Socket Reconstruction: Retrospective Comparison of Electrocoagulation versus Scalpel Dissection for Epidermis Removal.

Purpose: To evaluate outcomes of the use of electrocoagulation for epidermis removal in dermis fat grafting (DFG) compared to the conventional scalpel dissection in patients who underwent primary anophthalmic socket reconstruction.

Design: Retrospective, observational, and comparative study.

Methods: A retrospective review was performed on patients who underwent primary DFG for socket reconstruction between 2017 and 2019 at tertiary teaching hospitals.

Management of tear trough deformity with and without tear trough-orbicularis retaining ligament complex release in transconjunctival blepharoplasty: a comparative study.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of releasing the orbicularis retaining ligament (ORL) complex of the tear trough combined with the transconjunctival blepharoplasty in the surgical management of tear trough deformity compared with the effect of blepharoplasty alone.

Methods: A prospective, randomized (by closed envelope technique), controlled surgical trial which included 50 patients (100 eyes) with bilateral visible tear trough deformity and lower eyelid fat bulging, was divided into two groups where 25 patients (50 eyes) had tear trough-ORL release with blepharoplasty and 25 patients (50 eyes) didn't. Qualitative and quantitative assessments of tear trough deformity were done at 6mo postoperatively, achieving grade 0 or 1 of Barton's classification was considered a success.