title: The cynomolgus monkey eyelid as an anatomic model for oculoplastic surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the Cynomolgus monkey eyelid as an experimental model for oculoplastic surgery
  
  
  METHODS
  Eyelid and periocular tissue were removed from Cynomolgus monkeys being euthanized. After fixation, the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the Cynomolgus monkey eyelid were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the Cynomolgus monkey eyelids were described. The Cynomolgus monkey eyelid bears resemblance to the human eyelid in its compartmentalization and complexity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Cynomolgus monkey eyelid is a suitable experimental research model. Its compartmentalization resembles that of the human eyelid both microscopically and macroscopically.
authors.affiliation: Oculoplastics Service, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. briggscook@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Briggs E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lucarelli
authors.forename: Bradley N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Lemke
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Dortzbach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005143:Eyelids / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D023421:Models, Animal; D013518:Surgery, Plastic