title: [Repairing of lower eyelid ectropion with expanded flap].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the Frist Affiliated Hospital to General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100037, China.
authors.forename: Min-liang
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jia-ke
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Hui-feng
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ming-huo
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yan-qiu
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Bao-jü
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhi-yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: 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