Review of recent advances in the ptosis treatment of the upper eyelid

Abstract

The article provides a literary review of the methods of surgical correction of blepharoptosis. The methods are divided into the following groups: upper blepharoplasty, operations with hanging the upper eyelid to the frontalis muscle, operations with various methods of shortening the eyelid levator muscle, operations with attachment of the levator of the eyelid to the upper rectus muscle of the eye, Muller’s muscle resection technique. The advantages and disadvantages of these methods are indicated.