Evaluation and Management of Unilateral Ptosis and Avoiding Contralateral Ptosis
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Evaluation and management of unilateral ptosis and avoiding contralateral ptosis.
Treating unilateral ptosis can be challenging and a proper preoperative evaluation may help prevent unexpected outcomes on the contralateral lid. Preoperative evaluation should include testing for Hering's law, which remains useful in understanding the phenomenon of induced contralateral eyelid retraction in the context of ptosis. Approximately 10% to 20% of patients with unilateral ptosis have...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aesthetic Surgery Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1527-330X,1090-820X
DOI: 10.1177/1090820x10374108