Blepharoplasty in the post-laser in situ keratomileusis patient: Preoperative considerations to avoid dry eye syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2232-2239

  Korn, Bobby S ^a   Kikkawa, Don O ^a,b   Schanzlin, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRY EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249830155     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260750.15059.17     Document Type: Article

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