Ptosis secondary to anterior segment surgery and its repair in a two-year follow-up study

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-135

  Altieri, Michele ^a,b,c   Truscott, Eleanor ^b   Kingston, Amy E H ^b   Bertagno, Roberta ^a   Altieri, Gianguido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior segment surgery; Aponeurosis advancement; Blepharoptosis; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EYE SURGERY; EYELID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PTOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; LENS IMPLANTATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; TRABECULECTOMY;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 20544462110     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085244     Document Type: Article

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