Late outcomes of gold weights and platinum chains for upper eyelid loading

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 164-168

  Siah, We Fong ^a   Nagendran, Sonali ^a,b   Tan, Petrina ^a   Ali Ahmad, Syed Mustafa ^c   Litwin, Andre S ^a   Malhotra, Raman ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PLATINUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; EYE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UPPER EYELID LOADING; COMPLICATION; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PLATINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042108124     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-310089     Document Type: Article

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