Customised gold weight eyelid implantation in paralytic lagophthalmos

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1088-1091

  Jayashankar, N ^a,b   Morwani, K P ^a   Shaan, M J ^a   Bhatia, S R ^a   Patil, K T ^a  

^a DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Narayan Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis, rehabilitation; Gold; Prostheses and implants; Upper eyelid

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; EYE OINTMENT; GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYELID CLOSURE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD WEIGHT EYELID IMPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 52949149328     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108001886     Document Type: Article

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