Long-term Outcomes of Surgical Approaches to the Treatment of Floppy Eyelid Syndrome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 839-846

  Ezra, Daniel G ^a,b   Beaconsfield, Michèle ^a   Sira, Mano ^c   Bunce, Catey ^a   Shah Desai, Sabrina ^a   Verity, David H ^a   Uddin, Jimmy ^a   Collin, Richard ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; EXPERIENCE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID SURGERY; FEMALE; FLOPPY EYELID SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS WEDGE EXCISION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL CANTHAL PLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL CANTHAL PLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LID LATERAL TARSAL STRIP;

ADULT; BLEPHAROPLASTY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949872824     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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