Advancement of Whitnall's ligament via the conjunctival approach for correction of congenital ptosis

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Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-159

  Bajaj, Mandeep S ^a   Pushker, Neelam ^a   Mahindrakar, Avinash ^a   Balasubramanya, Ramamurthy ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital blepharoptosis; Conjunctival approach; Levator aponeurosis; Plication; Whitnall's ligament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; ESTHETICS; GAZE; HUMAN; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LIGAMENT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTOSIS; SKIN SCAR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WHITNALL LIGAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEPHAROPLASTY; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 6344233209     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830490504052     Document Type: Article

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