New surgical approaches to the management of ocular exposure secondary to facial paralysis.

Autor: Soll DB; Department of Ophthalmology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery [Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg] 1988; Vol. 4 (4), pp. 215-9.
DOI: 10.1097/00002341-198804040-00003
Abstrakt: Restoring dynamic eyelid function in patients who experience facial paralysis is a difficult problem. Some procedures necessary to protect the globe, such as tarsorrhaphies, may be cosmetically disfiguring and functionally disabling. Several surgical procedures may be used in combination to restore function and, at the same time, achieve satisfactory cosmesis. The use of gold weights and ear cartilage grafts is described. In the author's experience, the use of this combination produces very good results.
Databáze: MEDLINE