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Management of lower-lid retraction with hard-palate mucosa grafting
R C Kersten1, D R Kulwin, S Levartovsky
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, OH.
Archives of Ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Lower eyelid retraction is frequently managed by recession of the lower-lid retractors and interposition of a "spacer graft." We have used hard-palate mucosa as our spacer material in 25 eyelids of 18 patients. A graft twice the height of the measured amount of lid retraction was used and resulted in predictable, satisfactory results. The hard-palate mucosa was easily obtained and the donor site healed well in all patients, with minimal care.