Palpebral spring in the management of lagophthalmos and exposure keratopathy secondary to facial nerve palsy

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 270-275

  Demirci, Hakan ^a   Frueh, Bartley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; EYELID RETRACTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KERATOPATHY; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILASTIC TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER EYELID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORNEA DISEASE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACIAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROPLASTY; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69449090653     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181ab6f08     Document Type: Article

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