Pedicle flaps for cicatricial ectropion.
A surgical procedure is described for the correction of cicatricial ectropion secondary to actinic skin damage. This involves the rotation of an upper lid skin and muscle flap to the lower lid, thereby reversing the cicatrising process. The procedure, its advantages and disadvantages, are outlined. The procedure was successful in 44 of the 48 lids reviewed.
Keillor
R B
RB
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Peart
D A
DA
Molteno
A C
AC
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps