title: Intentional buttonholing of the Hughes' flap.
abstract: This study prospectively looked at the effect of intentionally buttonholing the Hughes' flap in a series of eyelid reconstruction patients. This simple maneuver increases the versatility of the procedure, with no clinically apparent damage to the flaps or reconstructed eyelids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Independence Regional Health Center, Missouri.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Leibsohn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dryden
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*