Open Access<p>Quality of Life in Patients with Unresolved Facial Nerve Palsy and Exposure Keratopathy Treated by Upper Eyelid Gold Weight Loading</p>
Author(s) -
Izabela NowakGospodarowicz,
Radosław Różycki,
Marek Rękas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s254533
Subject(s) - medicine , lagophthalmos , eyelid , quality of life (healthcare) , palsy , sf 36 , gold standard (test) , facial paralysis , surgery , ophthalmology , physical therapy , health related quality of life , disease , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology
Loading of the upper eyelid with gold weights is a well-established procedure for the correction of paralytic lagophthalmos. There is no reliable research evaluating the results of this treatment from the patients' viewpoint.