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  • Title: Upper lid loading with dermis graft and levator weakening. Management of lagophthalmos due to facial palsy.
    Author: D'Hooghe PJ, Hendrickx EM.
    Journal: Ophthalmologica; 1975; 171(6):419-24. PubMed ID: 1101127.
    Abstract:
    A method to protect the cornea in case of lagophthalmos is presented, consisting in weighting the upper eyelid with dermis graft, combined with a weakening of the levator palpebrae. The technique is described, and the method is discussed versus other methods of upper lid loading.
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