The Arrowhead Skin‐Muscle Flap in the Closure of Lower Eyelid Defects
作者:
John Stabel,
Michael Hawes,
期刊:
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 3
页码: 222-222
ISSN:0740-9303
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Eyelid tumor;Direct closure of eyelid;Myocutaneous flap of eyelid.
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Summary:Lower-lid defects can arise from many sources, but they are often the result of excision of lower-lid tumors. The excision of the lesion is often performed by means of a pentagonal wedge resection. After repair of the tarsus and reapproximation of the lid margin, the skin and orbicularis are usually closed in a vertical fashion, which is perpendicular to relaxed skin tension lines and may extend further down the lid than is optimal as a result of a dog-ear excision.The authors propose a new method for closure of skin and orbicularis muscle in repair of lower eyelid marginal defects. This method is simple and has several advantages over vertical closure: it follows relaxed skin tension lines, allows closure of the anterior lamella in the opposite direction from the posterior lamella, and leaves an infraciliary scar rather than a vertical scar extending down the cheek. This method has been used in over 100 patients during the past 8 years, and no significant complications have occurred. Potential disadvantages of the technique include increased vertical tension and a tendency for the lid to be pulled downward. For these reasons, the arrowhead flap would not be the best choice in patients with preexisting lower eyelid retraction, cicatricial ectropion, or vertically tight lower-lid skin.
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