The bare area of the upper conjunctiva: A closer look at the anatomy of transconjunctival upper blepharoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1717-1722

  Guerra, Aldo Benjamin ^a   Berger III, August ^b   Black III, Elliot Bunyan ^b   Nguyen, Anthony Hung ^b   Metzinger, Rebecca Crawford ^b   Metzinger, Stephen Eric ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL UPPER BLEPHAROPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLEPHAROPLASTY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EYELIDS; HUMANS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0037446169     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000054754.72999.5C     Document Type: Article

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