Tarsal Switch Levator Resection for the Treatment of Blepharoptosis in Patients with Poor Eye Protective Mechanisms

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2357-2363

  DeMartelaere, Sheri L ^a   Blaydon, Sean M ^a   Shore, John W ^a  

^a Texas Oculoplastic Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LOWER EYELID; MALE; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751549851     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.06.055     Document Type: Article

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