Current treatments for brow ptosis

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 260-266

  Dailey, Roger A ^a   Saulny, Stanley M ^a,b  

^a CASEY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brow ptosis; Coronal brow lift; Endoscopic brow lift; Forehead lift; Foreheadplasty

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EYEBROW; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; EYEBROWS; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; RHYTIDOPLASTY;

EID: 0141504206     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200310000-00006     Document Type: Review

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