title: Reconstruction of the lower eyelid after excision of major tumours.
abstract: The authors report on a pretentious surgical procedure which is essential after excision of major tumours of the lower eyelid. They describe in detail the reconstruction of the lower lid in case of a 70% loss of the lid. They used Mustard's method during which the tarsoconjunctival defect was replaced by a mucochondral implant from the nasal septum. After suture of the implant the residual skin defect was covered by rotation of a cheek flap. A two-stage reconstruction of the lower lid was used in case of 95% excision of the width of the lid. In the first stage the authors transferred a tarsoconjunctival flap from the upper lid and covered the musculocutaneous part by a transplant of retroauricular skin. In the second stage they released the tarsoconjunctival flap with subsequent plastic surgery of the lower lid. In 100% loss of eyelid the authors used for replacement of the tarsus of the lower lid a mucochondral implant from the nasal septum and to cover the skin defect they used a bridge-shaped myocutaneous flap from the upper lid in the defect of the-lower lid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, 3rd Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ambrozová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mĕsták
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smutková
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000637:transplantation; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*