Transconjunctival levator aponeurotic repair without resection of Müller's muscle

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-284

  Ichinose, Akihiro ^a   Tahara, Shinya ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blepharoptosis; M ller's muscle; Transconjunctival levator aponeurotic repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTROPION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE IRRITATION; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULLER MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SKIN INCISION; TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL APONEUROTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248137503     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-006-0202-9     Document Type: Article

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