title: [Repair of eyelid defect with a prefabricated flap].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce a new method for repair of eyelid defects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eyelid reconstruction was performed using a prefabricated island flap with an expanded forehead myocutaneous flap and hard palate mucoperiosteal graft.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five patients with congenital or acquired eyelid defects were successfully treated with this method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The introduced method is rational and practical for clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors.forename: Chuan-de
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shen-kai
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yang-qun
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhen-min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ming-Yong
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wei-qing
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D005143:Eyelids / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D021362:Palate, Hard; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps