Quality of Life in Patients with Unresolved Facial Nerve Palsy and Exposure Keratopathy Treated by Upper Eyelid Gold Weight Loading.

Izabela Nowak-GospodarowiczRadosław RóżyckiMarek Rekas

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2020)

Patients with untreated facial nerve palsy had the lowest QOL levels among all individuals involved in this study. Treatment of lagophthalmos by gold weights significantly improved their QOL, with the greatest impact on mental aspects of health.

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