Retrograde weight implantation for correction of lagophthalmos

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 9 I, 2004, Pages 1570-1575

  Kao, Chuan Hsiang ^a   Moe, Kris S ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Gold weight; Lagophthalmos; Platinum chain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ERROR; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 4644293128     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200409000-00013     Document Type: Article

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