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Martin Bodian, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1982;100(7):1122-1124.

Abstract
• Following successful uniocular ptosis repair, measurable drooping of the fellow upper lid was noted in 11 (9.6%) of 115 cases. The original ptosis was due to a variety of causes. Methods of surgery included levator shortening, frontalis sling, and tarsoconjunctival resection. The droop of the eyelid not operated on was measured before and after ptosis surgery on the fellow eye. This contralateral phenomenon may be explained on the basis of Hering's law regarding yoke muscles. Surgical repair of the secondarily drooped lid was successful in five such cases.

Author Affiliations
From the College of Medicine, the State University of New York, Brooklyn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 9, 1981.

Presented at Scientific Symposium of American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chicago, Nov 8, 1980.

Reprint requests to 135 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238 (Dr Bodian).

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