Reconstruction of eyelid defects: a prefabricated multilayer sandwich graft.
We have developed a new technique for reconstruction of full thickness eyelid defects. A composite three-layer skin-cartilage-mucosal unit is manufactured and tailored three-dimensionally. Use of this sandwich graft in our patients proved to be simple and safe for eyelid reconstruction and has given good results without complications in four patients.
Lauritzen
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Kocabalkan
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Sugawara
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Tarnow
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*