title: Static management of lagophthalmos following facial nerve paralysis using standardized weights.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Peripheral facial nerve paralysis is accompanied by inability to properly close the eye and protect the cornea. The implantation of a standardized upper eyelid gold weight implant allows gravitational pull on the relaxed eye.
  
  
  METHODS
  Custom-made gold implants were surgically implanted pre-tarsally in the upper eyelids of 37 patients with facial nerve paralysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Excellent results were achieved in 36 patients. Repeated extrusion occurred in one case.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a simple, reliable and especially reversible surgical procedure for the rehabilitation of the paralyzed eye.
authors.affiliation: Kasr El Aini School of Medecine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. drmelshazly@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Shazly
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guindi
mesh_terms: D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019736:Prostheses and Implants