Modification of Mustardé technique for correction of epicanthus in Asian patients.
For correction of epicanthus in Asian patients, a modification of the Mustardé technique was done to avoid excessive scarring and to retain ethnic characteristics. The method includes adapting half Y-V advancement instead of transposing two cephalic flaps in the four-flap technique of Mustardé. Three patients with blepharophimosis and a patient with Down syndrome were operated on by this modification with satisfactory results.
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
D000328:Adult; D016569:Blepharophimosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male