title: Use of contoured and stabilized conchal cartilage grafts for lower eyelid support: a preliminary report.
abstract: Lower lid stability can be affected by many conditions involving the lid directly, e.g. facial palsy, facial clefts, trauma, or tumors. Secondary stretching due to a poorly fitting orbital prosthesis can have the same effect. In 41 such eyelids, stability was obtained by inserting a large cartilage graft sutured to the tarsal plate and the infraorbital rim. Thirteen patients had tarsoconjunctival wedge resections, and 10 had lateral canthopexies performed at the same procedure. One graft was too small and was later replaced. There was one hematoma, which was evacuated. There were no other lid or visual problems. The follow-up is short, 21 months maximum, but so far the results are very satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic.
authors.forename: I T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dubin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D004425:Ear Cartilage; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery; D005137:Eye, Artificial; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans