Lagophthalmos after Facial Palsy: Current Therapeutic Options
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Lagophthalmos after facial palsy: current therapeutic options.
As the facial nerve carries sensory, motor and parasympathetic fibres involved in facial muscle innervation, facial palsy results in functional and cosmetic impairment. It can result from a wide variety of causes like infectious processes, trauma, neoplasms, autoimmune diseases, and most commonly Bell's palsy, but it can also be of iatrogenic origin. The main ophthalmic sequel is lagophthalmos....
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عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmic Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0030-3747,1423-0259
DOI: 10.1159/000365519