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Use of a caudal auricular axial pattern flap in three cats and one dog following orbital exenteration
Jean Stiles1, Wendy Townsend, Michelle Willis
1Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. jstiles@vet.purdue.edu
Veterinary Ophthalmology
|May 20, 2003
Abstract:
Orbital exenteration accompanied by wide eyelid excision in the cat and dog may leave a defect that cannot be closed in a primary fashion. This report describes the use of a caudal auricular axial pattern flap to effect closure following orbital exenteration in three cats and one dog. The most common complication was distal flap necrosis, which necessitated a second surgery in two patients.
