The Frontalis Muscle Flap: As a Salvage Procedure for Upper Eyelid in a Burn Patient

J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Jul;30(5):e406-e408. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005348.

Abstract

The ugly face of civil war shows itself in the desperate patients and their extreme sequellae. The options for reconstruction of patients with late-term serious sequellae decrease and their treatments also become more difficult. A 31-year-old male patient was injured 18 months ago due to a bomb explosion and received long-term treatment through local wound care in his country. A patient who is referred to us with such late-term ectropion and lagophthalmos is likely to have both morphologic and functional deterioration. A frontal muscle flap was planned for this patient. The frontal muscle flap has been used for a long time in ptosis surgery and was used in the treatment of the patient to repair both lagophthalmos and ptosis. Satisfactory results were obtained at the end of a 6-month period during which the patient was monitored.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blast Injuries / surgery*
  • Blepharoplasty / methods
  • Blepharoptosis / surgery
  • Burns / surgery*
  • Ectropion / surgery
  • Eyelids / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care
  • Male
  • Oculomotor Muscles / surgery*
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Surgical Flaps* / surgery