Treatment of Lower lid retraction by tarsal-conjunctival and skin-muscle transposition flaps.
A method of alleviating full thickness lower eyelid retraction is described. Transposition flaps of tarsus-conjunctiva and skin-muscle are transposed from the ipsilateral upper lid into an infratarsal transverse blepharotomy in the retracted lower lid.
D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013524:Surgical Flaps