PURPOSE To evaluate the outcomes of eyelid reconstruction in patients who underwent full thickness skin grafts. METHODS A retrospective, noncomparative intervention study of patients who underwent periocular reconstruction with full thickness skin grafts between 2005 and 2011. RESULTS One hundred consecutive Caucasian patients were included in the study, 54 women and 46 men. Mean follow up ...

Reconstruction of the eyelids after skin cancer excision can be challenging. Surgical treatment options are multiple; deep anatomy knowledge of lamellar components is mandatory to choose the most adequate surgical planning. Eyelids' role in vision and social relationship is critical; both function and aesthetics are tough to restore. Using a flap provides a satisfying texture and colour match w...

This study describes a technique for correcting entropion based on the case of a female patient who had that alteration in the left lower eyelid, in addition to sagging and fat pseudo-herniation in the left and right eyelid areas. Bilateral upper and lower blepharoplasty was performed, with wedge resection of the orbicularis muscle and tarsus in both lower eyelids, followed by reconstruction. T...

BACKGROUND Various techniques have been proposed for reconstruction of the eyelid anterior lamella after carcinoma excision: among these are the transposition of skin flaps, and full-thickness skin grafts or combination of these two. AIM To present our experience in eyelid reconstruction with full-thickness skin grafts and to assess the aesthetic and functional outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

Wide local excision of a lesion that encompasses several facial subunits including medial canthus, nasal sidewall, and cheek provides multiple aesthetic and reconstructive challenges to restore both orbital function as well as appearance. We report the first successful use of a chimeric upper eyelid--supraorbital flap to reconstruct a facial defect, secondary to a wide local excision of the low...

Although numerous conditions may result in lo,s of eyelid tissue, the aetiological agent generally concerned is one of trauma, tumour, or congenital anomaly. Ideally, wherever possible, this is rectified by primary anastomo3is with or without cantholysis. Howevcr, in the face of a large deficit, other techniques are employed (Smith, I959; Mustarde, I966; Smith and English, I970). In such circum...