Comprehensive, combined anterior and transcaruncular orbital approach to medial canthal ligament plication

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 384-388

  Demirci, Hakan ^a   Hassan, Adam S ^a   Elner, Susan G ^a   Boehkle, Christopher ^a   Elner, Victor M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTROPION; EPIPHORA; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE EDEMA; EYELID RETRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENT LAXITY; LOWER EYELID; MALE; MEDIAL CANTHAL LIGAMENT; MEDIAL CANTHAL LIGAMENT PLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ECTROPION; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBIT; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548820448     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181469e3c     Document Type: Article

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