title: A large lower eyelid reconstruction: nasojugal flaps plus V-Y advancement flap.
abstract: Lower eyelid reconstruction still represents one of the finest expressions in oculoplastic surgery. A 76-year-old male presented with a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the lateral canthus, involving the inferior eyelid. After ablative surgery, the resulting full-thickness defect was reconstructed with a mucosal graft from the buccal sulcus and a nasolabial flap subcutaneously pedicled on a V-Y advancement flap. The above techniques, joined together, allow better nasojugal transposition and should be considered when lateral half of the lower eyelid and lateral canthus reconstruction are performed.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery-Burn Unit Department, University of Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farace
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps