[Reconstruction of the medical canthal area (author's transl)]

Defects of the medial canthal area with partial full-thickness loss of the upper and lower eye-lid can be repaired by the following technique: closure of the larger lid defect by a free transplant of tarsus and lid margin from the opposite lower lid and a sliding skin flap. The minor lid defect is closed by a pedicled tarso-conjunctival flap and a free or sliding skin graft.