New surgical approaches to the management of ocular exposure secondary to facial paralysis.
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.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, New Jersey.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods
D006046:Gold