Y-shape hard palate mucoperiosteal graft and V-Y advancement flap in the reconstruction of a combined defect involving lateral canthus and upper and lower eyelids

Ann Plast Surg. 2004 Jan;52(1):97-101. doi: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000070432.99658.DB.

Abstract

Curative ablation of a baso-squamous cell carcinoma of lateral cantus and both eyelids resulted in a complex full-thickness defect of upper and lower eyelids, lateral canthal area, and lateral canthal tendon. The reconstruction of the defect was performed in a single stage using a Y-shape hard palate mucoperiosteal graft and a Y-shape skin flap advanced from the temporal side of the defect on its subcutaneous pedicle. The graft donor site healed spontaneously and the flap donor site was closed primarily. A durable and stable coverage of the defect could be achieved with minimal donor site morbidity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Basosquamous / surgery*
  • Eyelid Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mouth Mucosa / transplantation
  • Palate / surgery
  • Surgical Flaps*