BACKGROUND Traditional facelift techniques have some limitations: superficial musculo-aponeurotic system (SMAS) dissection may be incomplete in the superior medial orbitomalar region, and the centrofacial approach does not incorporate SMAS elevation. OBJECTIVES Orbitomalar suspension (OMS) during high SMAS facelift combines the best of other techniques and may enhance aesthetic results and im...

BACKGROUND Several lengthening techniques have been proposed for upper eyelid retraction in patients with Graves' orbitopathy and variable rates of success have been reported. Most authors recommend different procedures for different degrees of retraction, but cannot prevent residual temporal retraction in a significant number of cases. The modified levator aponeurosis recession described by Ha...

Introduction: A low iodine diet (LID) is recommended prior to the Radioactive Iodine-131 (RAI) treatment or scanning in differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) post total thyroidectomy. However, recommended strictness of LID is varying among major guidelines. This study was aim to investigate the patient’s compliance to LID by measuring the urinary iodine level post LID. <...

PURPOSE To evaluate the results of levator resection in patients with myopathic ptosis. METHODS The medical records of consecutive patients who underwent levator resection surgery performed for myopathic ptosis between October 2009 and March 2013 were reviewed. Indications for surgery were ptosis obscuring the visual axis and margin-reflex distance ≤ 2 mm. Surgical success was defined as clea...

This study evaluates the long-term cost of unemployment in Finland by focusing on the deep recession period of the early 1990s. The number of plant closures increased sharply during the recession and the unemployment rate rose over 13 percentage points. In the analysis, prime working age men who face unemployment due to plant closure are matched on those who remained employed during the recessi...

The authors report the case of a 5 year-old boy who up to 2 years old presented normal eyes, when his right eye started to deviate upward and laterally, until be hidden under the superior lid. At the surgery, a strong passive limitation to infraduction of this eye was felt. He had already been operated on in another clinic, but the surgeon could not succeed in hooking his superior rectus. With ...

In their article " Anthropometry of the Eyelid and Palpebral Fissure in an Indian Population, " Dr. Patil et al establish normal periorbital anthropometric values for a population that has not been studied to a great degree in the oculoplastic surgery literature. Their study included 216 male and female patients, 16 to 60 years old. Digital image analysis was prospectively performed to measure ...

number of companies that come to campus is s lid ing from 400 companies last fa ll semester to between 60 and 80 companies for fall semester 2001. “ It definitely has increased the anxiety among students,” said Svete. Despite the low numbers, Svete sa id students can s t i l l find employment during the recession w ith the right credentials. “Students are still getting jobs, students are still ...