Correction of lower eyelid ptosis in the anophthalmic orbit with an autogenous ear cartilage graft.
We describe the correction of lower eyelid ptosis in patients with an anophthalmic orbit, using ear cartilage grafts. This procedure has been particularly useful in the scarred or previously reconstructed lower eyelid.
D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D004423:Ear; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous