Subciliary versus swinging eyelid approach to the orbital floor

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 439-442

  De Riu, Giacomo ^a   Meloni, Silvio Mario ^a   Gobbi, Roberta ^a   Soma, Damiano ^a   Baj, Alessandro ^b   Tullio, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

orbital approach; orbital surgery; swinging eyelid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; ENOPHTHALMOS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT TUMOR; SCAR FORMATION; SUBCILIARY APPROACH; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINGING EYELID TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENOPHTHALMOS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; ORBIT; ORBITAL DISEASES; ORBITAL FRACTURES; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54349098916     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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