Early correction of severe unilateral infant ptosis with the mersilene mesh sling

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 806-809

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Gandhi, Sonal R ^a   Ng, Joan S K ^a   Chen, Ivan N ^a   Kwok, Peter S K ^a   Chan, Guy H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LUBRICATING AGENT; MERSILENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE SURGERY; EYELID; FOLLOW UP; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PTOSIS; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031441433     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.210     Document Type: Article

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