Outcome and influencing factors of external levator palpebrae superioris aponeurosis advancement for blepharoptosis

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 388-393

  McCulley, Timothy J ^a,d   Kersten, Robert C ^b   Kulwin, Dwight R ^b   Feuer, William J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; EYELIDS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141732199     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000087071.78407.9A     Document Type: Article

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