A critical analysis of the current surgical concepts for lower blepharoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 785-793

  De Castro, Claudio Cardoso ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; ECTROPION; EDEMA; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 11844257650     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000131238.55620.9F     Document Type: Article

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