Patients' perspectives on the ocular symptoms of facial paralysis after gold weight implantation

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1065-1068

  Sönmez, Ahmet ^a   Öztürk, Nurdan ^a   Durmuş, Nihal ^a   Bayramiçli, Mehmet ^a   Numanoǧlu, Ayhan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Facial paralysis; Lid weight; Paralytic lagophtalmos; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLINKING; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50349100133     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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