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Lagophthalmos

Known as: EYELID CLOSING IMPAIRMENT, Lagophthalmia (incomplete closure of eyelids), Lagophthalmos, unspecified 
National Institutes of Health

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Blepharo-cheilo-dontic syndromeEyelid structureFacial HemiatrophyMandibulofacial Dysostosis with Macroblepharon and Macrostomia

Narrower (3)

Cicatricial lagophthalmosMechanical lagophthalmosParalytic lagophthalmos

Broader (1)

Eyelid Diseases

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2017
2017
Congenital ptosis repair with a frontalis silicon sling: comparison between Fox's single pentagon technique and a modified Crawford double triangle technique.
2009
2009
Clinical Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Periorbital Basal Cell Carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) has a predilection for the periorbital region, which is a special, prominent, cosmetic, functional… 
2009
2009
The therapeutic and optical application of a rigid gas permeable semi-limbal diameter contact lens.
  • Joanne EvansS. Hau
  • Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the…
  • 2009
  • Corpus ID: 30982829
2008
2008
Patients' perspectives on the ocular symptoms of facial paralysis after gold weight implantation.
2004
2004
Retrograde Weight Implantation for Correction of Lagophthalmos
Objectives: Gold weight implantation is the most commonly used method for surgical correction of paralytic lagophthalmos… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Reducing Postoperative Morbidity After the Insertion of Gold Weights to Treat Lagophthalmos
&NA; Paralysis of the orbicularis oculi muscle leads to an unopposed action of the levator of the upper eyelid (lagophthalmos) in… 
1994
1994
Paralysis of facial muscles in leprosy patients with lagophthalmos.
The objective of the study was to determine the pattern of involvement of facial muscles in lagophthalmos. Fifty-seven patients… 
1991
1991
Transfer of the temporal muscle for lagophthalmos according to Gillies.
For correction of lagophthalmos different methods have been described such as gold weights, palpebral spring and magnets. Using… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The acute manifestations of ocular cicatricial pemphigoid: diagnosis and treatment.
Highly Cited
1934
Highly Cited
1934
RECESSION OF THE LEVATOR MUSCLE FOR LAGOPHTHALMOS IN EXOPHTHALMIC GOITER
Several methods have been used in the past to correct the defective closure of the lids incident to the exophthalmos in… 
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