SAN FRANCISCO — Oculoplastic surgeons should stop performing frontalis sling surgery in children and instead perform frontalis flap surgery, according to a speaker here.
“With regards to frontalis flap surgery, the reason to do it is that there is no foreign body and no extra incisions,” Richard C. Allen, MD, PhD, FACS, said at Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
One of the initial questions Allen had when switching to frontalis flap surgery was how to utilize the levator muscle.
“Traditionally, it’s