Heterologous cartilage in sandwich lower lid reconstruction.
Postoperative healing in 15 patients in which Chondroplast, a heterologous irradiated bovine cartilage preparation, was used in conjunction with the "sandwich technique" to replace form-defining and supporting intrapalpebral lamella in connection with treatment of palpebral tumors, was uncomplicated, with no rejection to date.
University Eye Clinic Vienna, Austria.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps