Upper eyelid postseptal weight placement for treatment of paralytic lagophthalmos

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1253-1265

  Rozen, Shai ^a   Lehrman, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PLATINUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879994395     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31828be961     Document Type: Article

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