KOLOA, Hawaii — Ptosis is a relatively common but under-recognized risk of intraocular surgery, including cataract surgery, according to a presenter at Hawaiian Eye 2020.
“Patients should be aware that ptosis is a risk, but thankfully most of the time, it corrects itself over time or it’s something we can fix,” Don O. Kikkawa, MD, FACS, the Dr. Trude Kahn Hollander Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of California San Diego Shiley Eye Institute, said.
General risk factors for ptosis include older age, trauma, contact lens use, topical ocular medications (Read more...)
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