Upper lid loading with gold weights in paralytic lagophthalmos: A modified technique to maximize the long-term functional and cosmetic success

Orbit

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Caesar, R H ^a   Friebel, J ^a   McNab, A A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Gold weights; Paralytic lagophthalmos; Upper lid loading

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD WEIGHT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTIC SURGERY; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EYELID; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ESTHETICS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642379603     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.23.1.27.28994     Document Type: Article

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