Classification of Ptosis in Korea

Purpose: To classify blepharoptosis in Korean patients, investigate the type of surgery used, and to compare the results with the data from Western countries. Methods: A total of 913 patients (1147 eyes) who underwent surgery for blepharoptosis from 1991 to 2003 were classified as either being congenital or acquired blepharoptosis, and then further subclassified into myogenic, aponeurotic, mechanical, or neurogenic ptosis according to Freuh’s...