{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,14]],"date-time":"2026-05-14T00:09:43Z","timestamp":1778717383262,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Pak J Med Sci"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: To assess the visual outcome after sling procedure using prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis.\r\nMethods: 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.\r\nResults: The mean age of the patients was 8.15\u00b11.75. 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.\r\nConclusion: Sling procedure helped in eliminating ptosis and improved visual acuity in patients with simple congenital ptosis.\r\ndoi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.38.1.4359\r\nHow 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.38.1.4359\r\nThis 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.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.38.1.4359","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,12]],"date-time":"2021-11-12T05:11:30Z","timestamp":1636693890000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Postoperative Visual Outcome: Sling procedure with prolene sutures in children with simple congenital ptosis"],"prefix":"10.12669","volume":"38","author":[{"given":"Nida","family":"Shamim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nausheen","family":"Hayat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alyscia","family":"Cheema","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4935","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]},"container-title":["Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/4359\/1160","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/4359\/1160","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T07:54:43Z","timestamp":1778313283000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/view\/4359"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,9]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.38.1.4359","relation":{},"ISSN":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1681-715X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1682-024X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,22]]}}}