Adipose compartments of the upper eyelid: Anatomy applied to blepharoplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 373-378

  Persichetti, Paolo ^a,b,c   Di Lella, Filippo ^a,b   Delfino, Sergio ^a,b   Scuderi, Nicolò ^a,b  

^a La Sapienza University ^*

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c Division of Plastic Surgery   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; EYELID; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLEPHAROPLASTY; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444349395     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000097290.64125.C3     Document Type: Article

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