Obesity as a Potential Risk Factor for Blepharoptosis: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 To examine obesity parameters as potential risk factors associated with blepharoptosis in a representative Korean population.We analyzed the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), conducted between 2008 and 2010.
Ji-Sun Paik +5 more
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How to determine the amount of levator resection in congenital ptosis repair
Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background and objective: Levator aponeurosis resection is an effective technique to correct blepharoptosis when the levator function is fair to good.
Muhamed Ibrahim Hamadamin +1 more
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Histological Changes in Levator Aponeurosis According to Blepharoptosis and Aging [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2015 Background Many studies about the levator aponeurosis complex of the blepharoptosis have already been presented. However, the studies about the changes of the levator aponeurosis are relatively insufficient.
Sang-Hwan Lee +6 more
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COMPARISON OF SURGICAL METHODS IN THE TREATMENT OF BLEPHAROPTOSIS: A NETWORK META-ANALYSIS [PDF]
精准医学杂志, 2023 Objective To compare the efficacy of three surgical methods in clinical treatment of blepharoptosis: conjoint fascial sheath suspension, frontalis muscle suspension, and shortening of musculus levator palpebrae superioris. Methods Articles related to the
SHENG Guomin, MO Zhiyang, WANG Hongxia, LI Ying, LIU Chao, SUN Pengfei, CHEN Qiang
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Safety and Pitfalls of Blepharoptosis Surgery in Elderly People
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2023 Background Elderly patients often have complications of blepharoptosis surgery that can result in the appearance or exacerbation of superficial punctate keratopathy (SPK).
Yuji Shirakawa +6 more
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Suspensory materials for surgery of blepharoptosis: a systematic review of observational studies [PDF]
, 2016 Background Frontalis suspension surgery is considered the procedure of choice in cases of blepharoptosis. Among all the materials used in this type of surgery, ophthalmic and plastic surgeons prefer to use autologous Fascia Lata.
Amorelli, Giulia Maria +7 more
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Pediatric Blepharoptosis [PDF]
Seminars in Plastic Surgery, 2017 Congenital blepharoptosis, caused by levator muscle dysgenesis, presents at birth and may lead to disturbed visual development and function. Other causes of ptosis in pediatric patients can be myogenic, neurogenic, mechanical, or traumatic. Timely correction is, therefore, critical, and careful preoperative planning and intraoperative considerations ...
Kevin T, Jubbal +4 more
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Neuronavigational approach for orbital neurofibroma excision: a case report [PDF]
, 2015 Orbital neurofibromas are uncommon in adults, accounting for approximately 1%-3% of all space occupying lesions of the orbit. The complex anatomy of the orbital region, with the pronounced vulnerability of its neurovascular structures, requires ...
CASCONE, PIERO +5 more
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Biomedical Journal, 2013 Background: It is challenging to manage congenital blepharoptosis, especially unilateral, because symmetry is difficult to achieve under general anesthesia and age at which the ptosis should be corrected is still controversial. The aim of our study is to
Shu-Ya Wu +3 more
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A strategy for the characterization of minute chromosome rearrangements using multiple color fluorescence in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific DNA libraries and YAC clones [PDF]
, 1993 The identification of marker chromosomes in clinical and tumor cytogenetics by chromosome banding analysis can create problems. In this study, we present a strategy to define minute chromosomal rearrangements by multicolor fluorescence in situ ...
A Kallioniemi +31 more
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