Restoration of eyelid closure in facial paralysis using artificial muscle: Preliminary cadaveric analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1907-1911

  Tollefson, Travis T ^a,b   Senders, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Eyelid closure; Facial paralysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; DEVICE; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORBIT; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BLEPHAROPLASTY; CADAVER; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

EID: 35848942345     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31812e0190     Document Type: Article

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