Plastic Surgery International
Volume 2012, Article ID 252368, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/252368
Review Article
Complications of Blepharoplasty: Prevention and Management
Division of Orbital, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3A5
Received 14 October 2011; Revised 5 February 2012; Accepted 12 February 2012
Academic Editor: Moustapha Hamdi
Copyright © 2012 James Oestreicher and Sonul Mehta. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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