Auricular skin-cartilage sandwich graft technique for full-thickness eyelid reconstruction
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Date
2022-04
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All India Ophthalmological Society
Abstract
Full?thickness deficiency of eyelid tissues can result in coloboma or retraction or both. Here we report our initial experience on the use of auricular skin?cartilage sandwich graft technique for full?thickness eyelid deformities. Five patients (4� years) underwent the procedure. Patients with full?thickness eyelid deformity were included. Three patients were operated for large?sized coloboma and two for eyelid retraction. One patient had congenital, and four patients had acquired etiology. The following parameters were specifically assessed: correction of deformity, ocular surface problems, graft status, and epithelization of skin?cartilage graft. All the patients had a good correction of eyelid position, except one patient who had severe eyelid retraction (8 mm) at presentation. None of our patients had corneal erosion/defect, persistent ocular surface redness, or graft loss. The auricular skin?cartilage sandwich graft technique produces optimal results with no graft loss. Advancement of orbicularis muscle in between the auricular skin and cartilage grafts (sandwich technique) is an imperative step that leads to the survival of both grafts.
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Auricular, ear cartilage, eyelid reconstruction, orbicularis muscle, skin?cartilage graft
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Pushker Neelam, Modaboyina Sujeeth, Meel Rachna, Agrawal Sahil. Auricular skin-cartilage sandwich graft technique for full-thickness eyelid reconstruction. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Apr; 70(4): 1404-1407