Plastic Surgery

In Denver, Colorado
The Art of Compassion    The Science of Beauty

Bibliography - Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Seddon JM, Gragoudas ES, Egan K, Glynn R, Howard S, Fante RG, Albert DM. Relative Survival Rates after Alternative Therapies for Uveal Melanoma. Ophthalmology 97:769-777, 1990.
2. Allinson R, Fante R, List A. Recurrent Hemorrhagic Choroidal Detachment associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. Annals of Ophthalmology 24:72-74, 1992.
3. Bull DA, Fante RG, Hunter GC, Van Dalen J, Lee D, Bernhard VM, McIntyre KE. Correlation of Ophthalmic Findings with Carotid Artery Stenosis. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 33:401-406, 1992.
4. Allinson RW, Metrikin DC, Fante, RG. The Incidence of Vitreous Loss Among Third Year Residents Performing Phacoemulsification. Ophthalmology 99:726-730, 1992.
5. Metrikin DC, Fante RG, Hodes BL. Intraocular Cilia after Penetrating Eye Injury. Archives of Ophthalmology 110:921, 1992.
6. Fante RG, Bartley GB. Rational (or Rationing?) Healthcare. Ophthalmology 106:1649-50, 1999.
7. Fante RG, Elner VM. A Transcaruncular Approach to Medial Canthal Tendon Plication
for Lower Eyelid Laxity. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 17:16-27, 2001.
8. Fante RG, Baker SR. Fat Conserving Aesthetic Lower Blepharoplasty. Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers 32:41-47, 2001.
9. Fante RG, Goldman M. Removal of Periocular Veins by Sclerotherapy. Ophthalmology 108:433-34, 2001.
10. Fante RG, Frueh BR. Differential Section of the Facial Nerve as a Tertiary Procedure in the Management of Benign Essential Blepharospasm. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 17:276-280, 2001.
11. O’Donnell B, Anderson RL, Collin R, Fante RG, Jordan D, Ritleng P. Repair of the Lax Medial Canthal Tendon. British Journal of Ophthalmology 87:220-4, 2003
12. Fante RG, Fante RL. Perspective: The Physical Basis of Surgical Electrodissection. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 19:145-48, 2003
13. Bidar M, Hawes MJ, Dresner SC, Epstein G, Lucarelli MJ, Glover T, Fante RG, Migliori ME. Conjunctival Melting Syndrome Associated with the use of Bovine Pericardium Wrapping Material. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 19:257-261, 2003.
14. Elner VM, Mauffrey R, Fante RG, Harris M, Morton AD, Hassan AS. Comprehensive Midfacial Elevation for Ocular Complications of Facial Nerve Palsy. Archives of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 5:427-433, 2003.
15. McCracken MS, Khan JA, Wulc AE, Holds JB, Fante RG, et al. Hyaluronic Acid Gel (Restylane) Filler for Facial Rhytids: Lessons Learned from ASOPRS member Treatment of 286 patients. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (accepted for publication)

Chapters in Books

1. Fante RG. Ocular Chemical Burns. In: Griffith HW, Dambro M (eds): The Five Minute Clinical Consult (Lea & Febinger Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-present [updated annually]).
2. Fante RG. Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma. In: Griffith HW, Dambro M (eds): The Five Minute Clinical Consult (Lea & Febinger Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-present [updated annually]).
3. Fante RG. Lower Eyelid Reconstruction: Tenzel Flap. In: Toriumi D (ed) Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Lippincott, William and Wilkins Publishing, Philadelphia, PA 2006).
4. Fante RG. Traumatic Optic Neuropathy. In: Gold, D, Lewis, R (ed.) Clinical Eye Atlas (AMA Press, Chicago, IL, 2001).
5. Fante RG. Optic Nerve Head Tumors. In: Gold, D, Lewis, R (ed.) Clinical Eye Atlas (AMA Press, Chicago, IL, 2001).
6. Popham JK, White W, Fante RG. Endoscopic Balloon Assisted Dacryocystorhinostomy. In: Cohen AJ et al: The Lacrimal System: Diagnosis, Management, and Surgery, Lippincott, Baltimore, MD, 2006.
7. Fante RG. Eyelid Reconstruction. In: Baker SR (ed.) Local Flaps in Facial Reconstruction 2nd edition (Raven Press, Philadelphia, PA in press).

Abstracts, Preliminary Communications, Panel Discussions, Letters

1. Fante RG, Snyder RW, Metrikin DC. Treating Dry Eye. The CLAO Journal 18:1, 1992.
2. Snyder RW, Allinson RW, Fante RG, Stanko ML, Metrikin DC. Learning Phacoemulsification Surgery. Ophthalmology 99(supp):120, 1992.
3. Allinson RW, Palmer ML, Fante RG, Stanko ML. Vitreous Loss During Phacoemulsification by Residents. Ophthalmology 99:1181, 1992.
4. Ahmad AJ, Fante RG, Elner VM. Cyanoacrylate Glue and Eyedrops, Argus 2(7):13, 1997.
5. Fante RG. Aesthetic Surgery Tip Redefined. Aesthetic Surgery Journal 18:42, 1998.
6. Fante RG. Senile Enophthalmia and Herniated Lower Eyelid Fat. Plast Reconstr Surg 102:917-918, 1998.

7. Fante RG, Elner VM. The Use of Epinephrine in Infiltrative Local Anesthesia for Eyelid Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 102:918, 1998.

Posters

1. Elner VM, Fante RG, Morton AD. Subperiosteal Midface Elevation in the Treatment of Lower Eyelid Retraction. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, October 1997.
2. Fante RG, Frueh BR. Differential Section of the Facial Nerve as a Tertiary Procedure in the Management of Benign Essential Blepharospasm. 15th Annual Research Day, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, June 1998.
3. Fante RG, Fante RL. The Physical Basis of Surgical Electrodissection. 15th Annual Research Day, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, June 1998.
4. Fante RG, Frueh BR. Differential Section of the Facial Nerve as a Tertiary Procedure in the Management of Benign Essential Blepharospasm. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1998.

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