[Repairing of lower eyelid ectropion with expanded flap].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effect of reconstruction of lower eyelid ectropion with expanded flap.


METHODS
Fourty patients with lower eyelid ectropion were reconstructed using tissue expander. The volume of the smallest expander was 30 ml, and that of the biggest one was 150 ml. The expand time was from 2-months to 3-months, then advancement or transposition flaps were created and employed in the defected lesion where the scar was removed just in one operation.


RESULTS
All patients have been followed up for 2-year with satisfactory results and no recurrences was appearance.


CONCLUSIONS
Application of expander reasonable may get satisfactory result in reconstruction of lower eyelid ectropion. The incision in donor site is hidden and the symptom seldom recurs.
Chen
Min-liang
ML
Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the Frist Affiliated Hospital to General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100037, China.
Chai
Jia-ke
JK
Song
Hui-feng
HF
Xu
Ming-huo
MH
Wu
Yan-qiu
YQ
Chen
Bao-jü
BJ
Sheng
Zhi-yong
ZY
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019882:Blepharoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004483:Ectropion / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D055815:Young Adult