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Thirty-seven patients are reviewed almost ten months (mean) after implantation of gold weights in their upper eyelids for paralytic lagophthalmos. Good results were obtained in 23 cases; there was only one extrusion; three patients underwent secondary correction. More than half of the patients needed weights of 1.4 or more grams. The methods are described and the advantages and disadvantages discussed.
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Nicolai, J.P.A., de Koomen, H., Storm van Leeuwen, J.B. et al. Gold weights in upper eyelids for the correction of paralytic lagophthalmos. Eur J Plast Surg 9, 66–68 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295633
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295633