Reconstruction of the eyelid using a myocutaneous island flap.
Traditionally, skin flaps have been based upon a contiguous skin pedicle. Recently the concept has re-emerged that the important blood supply frequently lies subjacent to the flap. A temporally based island flap composed of skin and orbicularis muscle, nourished only by its subjacent pedicle, has been successfully used in the reconstruction of 91 eyelid defects.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps