The Surgical Treatment of Ptosis with Marcus-Gunn(Jaw-Winking) Phenomenon.

Kim, Yoon Duck; Kim, Yoon Seok

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1993;34(9):900-906.
Published online September 1, 1993.

The Surgical Treatment of Ptosis with Marcus-Gunn(Jaw-Winking) Phenomenon.

¹Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National Umversity, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Eulji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Marcus - Gunn 현상을 가진 안검하수의 수술적 치료

김윤덕(Yoon Duck Kim),김윤석(Yoon Seok Kim)

Abstract

The authors operated 7 cases with severe ptosis and moderate to severe jaw-winking phenomenon, with the extirpation of the levator muscle above Whitnall's ligament on affected eye and the bilateral frontalis suspension with preserved fascia lata. Seven patients observed for up to 22.5 months have had cosmetically and functionally desirable results with disappearance of jaw-winking phenomenon.

Key Words: Extripation of the levator muscle;Frontalis suspension;Jaw-winking phenomenon;Ptosis