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Free autogenous "pearl fat" grafts to the eyelids
N Shorr1, J D Christenbury, R A Goldberg
1Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Free autogenous "pearl fat" grafts of 5-6 mm in diameter are used as a method of soft tissue augmentation for the eyelid. This method is useful in restoring eyelid contour defects, separating the eyelid lamella to lower the upper eyelid crease, and augmenting eyelids in anophthalmos. Graft survival is variable and pretreatment of fat with insulin is used in an attempt to prolong fat survival. The rationale, indications, and surgical procedure are discussed.