A new technique for levator lengthening to treat upper eyelid retraction: The orbital septal flap

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-34

  Lai, Chung Sheng ^a   Lin, Tsai Ming ^b   Tsai, Chih Cheng ^b   Lin, Sin Daw ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Eyelid retraction; Levator lengthening; Orbital septal flap

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EYELID; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; BLEPHAROPLASTY; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0036365097     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-001-0019-5     Document Type: Article

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