Corneal astigmatism with upper eyelid gold weight implantation using the combined high pretarsal and levator fixation technique

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-383

  Saleh, George M ^a   Mavrikakis, Ioannis ^a   De Sousa, Jean Louis ^a   Xing, Wen ^b   Malhotra, Raman ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; EYELID CLOSURE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KERATOMETRY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EYELID GOLD WEIGHT IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; EYELID DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 34548843349     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e318142cf88     Document Type: Article

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