[Homage to Leon Tripier. Description of the first musculocutaneous flap and current indications]

The double pedicle flap taken from the upper lid was described for the first time in 1888 by Tripier. To our knowledge, it is the first case of reconstruction by a myocutaneous flap described in the literature. Other authors subsequently modified the first description. The same flap taken with a single inner pedicle is now usually employed. For the authors, the Tripier's flap, with a double and permanent pedicle, still has some indications in eyelid reconstruction.