Careful blink assessment essential to preserve vision in face transplant procedures

Face transplantation can dramatically enhance a patient's quality of life after severe facial trauma, but lack of attention to eyelid function and vision can leave patients with impaired vision, corneal exposure, eyelid retraction that occurs when the upper or lower eyelid pulls away from the eyeball, and other eyelid-related complications.



from The Medical News http://www.news-medical.net/news/20141231/Careful-blink-assessment-essential-to-preserve-vision-in-face-transplant-procedures.aspx