Pre-whitnall levator recession with hang-back sutures in graves orbitopathy

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-307

  McNab, Alan A ^a,b   Galbraith, J E K ^a   Friebel, Justin ^a   Caesar, Ric ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 3242769908     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.IOP.0000129529.36577.5B     Document Type: Article

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