Thin-profile platinum eyelid weighting: A superior option in the paralyzed eye

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1697-1703

  Silver, Amanda L ^a,b   Lindsay, Robin W ^a,b   Cheney, MacK L ^a,b   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a,b,c  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PLATINUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; THIN PROFILE PLATINUM EYELID WEIGHTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT; BRAIN TUMOR; EYELID DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE; NEUROMA; PARALYSIS; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EYELID DISEASES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PARALYSIS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PLATINUM; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 67649414491     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181a65a56     Document Type: Article

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