Atlas and epitome of operative ophthalmology . OPERATIONS ON LIDS AND CONJUNCTIVAL SAC. 301Fig. 125. Fig. Fig. 126. Fig. 128. Figs. 125-128.—Motais ptosis operation (see text). tiva, and in the levator tendon at the posterior extremityof the inverted lid ; that is, at the upper border of thetarsus (Fig. 127). Through this opening a pouch is 302 OPERATIONS ON THE EYE. made between the tarsus and the orbicularis muscle,extending to within 2 mm. of the edge of the lid, intowhich the suture with the two needles, and bringing withit the tongue-like piece of tendon from the superior rectus,is
Atlas and epitome of operative ophthalmology . OPERATIONS ON LIDS AND CONJUNCTIVAL SAC. 301Fig. 125. Fig. Fig. 126. Fig. 128. Figs. 125-128.—Motais ptosis operation (see text). tiva, and in the levator tendon at the posterior extremityof the inverted lid ; that is, at the upper border of thetarsus (Fig. 127). Through this opening a pouch is 302 OPERATIONS ON THE EYE. made between the tarsus and the orbicularis muscle,extending to within 2 mm. of the edge of the lid, intowhich the suture with the two needles, and bringing withit the tongue-like piece of tendon from the superior rectus,is introduced (Fig. 128). The two needles are thenbrought out through the tarsus and the skin, at a distanceof 4 mm. from one another, and the sutures tied on theouter side of the lid. Thus the tongue of tendon lies onthe outer side of the upper tarsus. Postoperative depressionof the eyeball, with corresponding vertical diplopia, whichsometimes follows the operation, has always disappearedafter a period varying from two weeks to five months atthe latest in all the operations of this kind that have sofar bee
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