Bipolar coagulation-assisted orbital (BICO) septoblepharoplasty: A retrospective analysis of a new fat-saving upper-eyelid blepharoplasty technique

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-267

  Van Der Lei, Berend ^a,c   Timmerman, Irene S Krabbe ^a   Cromheecke, Michel ^a   Hofer, Stefan O P ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bipolar coagulation; Blepharoplasty; Fat saving; New technique; Upper eyelid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR COAGULATION ASSISTED ORBITAL SEPTOBLEPHAROPLASTY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPLASTY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548291591     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31802f63aa     Document Type: Article

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