Surgical reconstruction of the tear meniscus at the lower lid margin for treatment of conjunctivochalasis

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1263-1268

  Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Komuro, Aoi ^a   Sugita, Jiro ^a   Nakamura, Yo ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVOCHALASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; EYELID; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL GLAND FUNCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAR FLOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0036922072     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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