TY - JOUR T1 - Complications of fascia lata harvesting for ptosis surgery JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 332 LP - 332 DO - 10.1136/bjo.82.3.332c VL - 82 IS - 3 AU - THOMAS C NAUGLE JR Y1 - 1998/03/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/82/3/332.4.abstract N2 - Editor,—Wheatcroft et al are to be congratulated on their excellent article concerning complications of fascia lata harvesting for ptosis surgery in 24 consecutive patients.1 I do have some concern about their statement that leg scarring was considered unsightly in 38% of their patients, but was considered “a minor problem in all cases”. Furthermore, they provided a graphic picture of a leg scar with a “poor cosmetic result”. I believe that the more litigious American patient might not find this a minor problem. Also, if a keloid were to form at the incision used by the authors superior to the knee joint in the … ER -