The role of the browplasty rotational flap in lower eyelid reconstruction.
The excision of a basal cell carcinoma of the lower eyelid often leaves a large defect. The rotational browplasty flap with a full thickness buccal mucous membrane graft permits satisfactory reconstruction when standard procedures have failed or are not advisable. It is especially useful in recurrent lid tumors where surgery and/or radiotherapy have been unsuccessful in controlling the tumor. Although the graft may produce a thicker lower lid, and the brow may be elevated because of the graft, it allows the surgeon to repair a large lower eyelid defect when other methods cannot be used.
D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013524:Surgical Flaps