The transposition of the levator muscle of the upper lid on the frontal muscle was studied on four Macaque cynomolgus monkeys. The results indicate a re-innervation of the transposed levator muscle from nerve fibres of the frontal muscle. This operation introduces a new alternative to the treatment of ptosis with synkinesia of Marcus Gunn.
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