Frontalis Muscle Flap Suspension for the Correction of Congenital Blepharoptosis in Early Age Children
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Frontalis Muscle Flap Suspension for the Correction of Congenital Blepharoptosis in Early Age Children
BACKGROUND We aimed to report our successful use of frontalis muscle flap suspension for the correction of congenital blepharoptosis in early age children. METHODS This retrospective study included 61 early age children (41 boys, 20 girls) with an average age of 6 years (range, 3-10 years) with congenital blepharoptosis who received surgery during the period from March 2007 to January 2011. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053185