Functional results and complications of Mersilene mesh use for frontalis suspension ptosis surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-364

  Mehta, P ^a   Patel, P ^a   Olver, J M ^a  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; EYELID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542721641     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2002.009951     Document Type: Article

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