title: Repairing defects of the lower eyelid with a free chondromucosal graft.
abstract: A method is presented for the repair of full-thickness defects of the eyelid. The lining and tarsal plate are replaced by a free chondromucosal graft from the nasal septum, in which the cartilage is thinned and perforated. Cover is provided by a compound, bipedicled flap of skin and muscle from the opposite lid.
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000637:transplantation; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000637:transplantation*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous