The correction of seventh nerve palsy lagophthalmos with gold lid load (16 years experience).
Seventy-one patients with facial palsy following implantation of a gold prosthesis into the upper eyelid are reviewed; the average follow-up is 3.2 years. Eighty percent (57) of the patients demonstrated no complications and had satisfactory results. The methods, complications, advantages, and disadvantages are discussed.
Neuman
A R
AR
Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Weinberg
A
A
Sela
M
M
Peled
I J
IJ
Wexler
M R
MR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
D006046:Gold