Minitendon graft transfer for suspension of the paralyzed lower eyelid: Our experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1206-1216

  Terzis, Julia K ^a,b   Kyere, Sampson A ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Microsurgical Research Center Norfolk   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LOWER EYELID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; TENDON GRAFT; ALGORITHM; EYELID; METHODOLOGY; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON TRANSFER;

EID: 42949159245     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000305520.07311.fb     Document Type: Article

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