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GORE-TEX. Suture used as sling material.

GORE-TEX. Suture used as sling material.

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Figure (1):Skin markings for Crowford technique (Left), Skin markings...
Figure (2):GORE-TEX. Suture used as sling material.
Congenital Ptosis Correction with an Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (GORE-TEX) sling: Comparative Study Between Crawford and Fox Techniques
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  • Apr 2019
Background: Frontalis suspension is the procedure of choice for surgical management of congenital ptosis associated with poor elevator function. Objective: The aim of the work was to compare the results of two different frontalis suspension surgery techniques, i.e., the Crawford and Fox techniques, using GORE-TEX for the correction of congenital pt...
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... incisions were performed throughthe skin and orbicularis to expose the tarsus, and forehead incisions were made down to the periosteum. The sling material used was GORE-TEX suture (CV-2, Gore medical, USA) ( Figure 2). Stringing was performed using a Wright needle. ...

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... The current study is a comparative study in which frontalis In concordance with our study, Salama (2019) 13 There were two cases of presumed infection (4.88%), which were both in the exposed GORETEX strips group in the Kersten et al. (2005) 16 review, One was resolved with oral antibiotic therapy, whereas the other required reoperation and sling removal. ...
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