Transcutaneous Blepharoptosis Surgery - Advancement of Levator Aponeurosis
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Transcutaneous Blepharoptosis Surgery - Advancement of Levator Aponeurosis
Ptosis surgery has seen many advances in the last few decades, the most important of which have emerged as a result of better understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the eyelid and orbit. Anterior approaches such as a levator aponeurosis advancement, tarsoaponeurectomy and posterior repair involving resection of Muller's muscle have proven to be effective in most cases. The focus of this...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Ophthalmology Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1874-3641
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101004010076