TY - JOUR AU - Shamim, Nida AU - Hayat, Nausheen AU - Cheema, Alyscia PY - 2021/11/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Postoperative Visual Outcome: Sling procedure with prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Pak J Med Sci VL - 38 IS - 1 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.12669/pjms.38.1.4359 UR - https://pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/4359 SP - AB - Objective: To assess the visual outcome after sling procedure using prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis.Methods: A descriptive case series study was performed in the Department of Ophthalmology of Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, for a duration of six months in which 20 patients aged 3-10 years were selected with either unilateral or bilateral congenital ptosis. They were thoroughly examined and visual acuity and degree of ptosis were measured pre-operatively. Frontalis sling surgery was performed using prolene sutures on all patients after which their visual acuity and degree of ptosis were measured once again after three months post-operatively. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. For qualitative variables, frequency and percentages were calculated. Mean and Standard deviation was commutated for the quantitative variable.Results: The mean age of the patients was 8.15±1.75. 11 (55%) male and 9 (45%) female participants were included in the study. Visual acuity improved in all the patients with all the patients attaining a visual acuity of 6/6 (n=12, 60%), 6/9 (n=7, 35%), and 6/12 (n=1, 5%). The degree of ptosis post-operatively was not found in any patient either.Conclusion: Sling procedure helped in eliminating ptosis and improved visual acuity in patients with simple congenital ptosis.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4359How to cite this:Shamim N, Hayat N, Cheema A. Postoperative Visual Outcome: Sling procedure with prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis. Pak J Med Sci. 2022;38(1):232-236. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.1.4359This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ER -