Reconstruction of the eyelids with cartilage and mucosa from the nasal septum.
Four examples are shown of lid reconstruction using grafts from the septum mucosa and pedicle flaps. These examples provide adequate data for the use of this technique in almost any major lid reconstruction procedure. The fifth case illustrates the exception; a wide pedicle is rotated in from the temporal region to construct the lower lid and the lower lid is transferred to act as the upper lid. The posterior surface of the buccal mucosa is adequate for this last procedure.
D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000637:transplantation*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous