Fox's modified technique using the Mersilene mesh sling in the management of blepharoptosis

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 924-928

  Gabrieli, Corrado Balacco ^a   Recupero, Santi Maria ^a   Contestabile, Maria Teresa ^a   Pacella, Elena ^a   Abdolrahimzadeh, Solmaz ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLEPHAROPTOSIS; EYEBROWS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029805120     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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