Medial canthoplasty for optimum support of the lower eyelid in 14 patients

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 869-875

  Mauriello Jr , Joseph A ^a   Mostafavi, Ramin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECTROPION; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LOWER EYELID; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECTROPION; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TENDONS;

EID: 0029795580     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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