Transcaruncular medial canthal ligament plication for repair of lower eyelid malposition

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-379

  Elner, Victor M ^a,b   Demirci, Hakan ^a   Morton, Asa D ^a   Elner, Susan G ^a   Hassan, Adam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID MALPOSITION; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LIGAMENT; LOWER EYELID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947261974     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.3.374     Document Type: Article

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