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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan-Feb;90(1):108-10.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153181.

Modified Tripier flap in reconstruction of the lower eyelid

Walter Luiz Granado Machado  1 , Paula Cabral de Menezes Gurfinkel  1 , Gustavo Vieira Gualberto  1 , Felipe Maurício Soeiro Sampaio  1 , Marília Lopes Cavalcante Melo  1 , Curt Mafra Treu  1
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Modified Tripier flap in reconstruction of the lower eyelid

Walter Luiz Granado Machado et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2015 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

We describe the use of modified Tripier flap for reconstruction of a surgical defect in the lower eyelid region, after excision of nodular basal cell carcinoma.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Basal-cell carcinoma. Nodular basal-cell carcinoma
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Intraoperative stages. A. Surgical defect after total exeresis of tumor. B. Demarcation of myocutaneous flap of upper eyelid. C. Observation of flap to be transposed and areas of primary and secondary defect. D. Flap positioned with lateral pedicule and direct closure of upper palpebral region
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Postoperative. 9Th month of ambulatorial follow-up. Palpebral function and esthetics preserved, without complaints or ophthalmologic changes
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