Adjustable suture technique for levator recession

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 620-624

  Woog, John J ^a,b,c,d   Hartstein, Morris E ^a   Hoenig, Jonathan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d OPHTHALMIC CONSULTANTS OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0029979295     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130612025     Document Type: Article

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