Aesthetic eyelid ptosis correction: A review of technique and cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 655-660

  De la Torre, Jorge I ^a   Martin, Scot A ^b   De Cordier, Benoit C ^b   Al Hakeem, Mazin S ^b   Collawn, Sherry S ^b   Vásconez, Luis O ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYELID; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0043132174     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000070985.40897.69     Document Type: Review

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