Management of lower-lid retraction with hard-palate mucosa grafting.
Lower eyelid retraction is frequently managed by recession of the lower-lid retractors and interposition of a "spacer graft." We have used hard-palate mucosa as our spacer material in 25 eyelids of 18 patients. A graft twice the height of the measured amount of lid retraction was used and resulted in predictable, satisfactory results. The hard-palate mucosa was easily obtained and the donor site healed well in all patients, with minimal care.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, OH.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D010159:Palate / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods