Modified adjustable technique to anchor the levator muscle to the flap used in total upper eyelid reconstruction

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 566-568

  Borman, Hüseyin ^a,b   Özcan, Gürhan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turan Emeksiz Sokak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

EID: 0032192430     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.0269     Document Type: Article

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