SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IN CRYPTOPHTHALMOS

Cryptophthalmos is the congenital absence of the eyelid with skill pas sing continuously from the forehead onto the cheek over a malformed ey e. The deformity can be classified into three types: complete, incompl ete and abortive. We present the cases of two siblings, each with inco mplete cryptophthalmos involving one eye. We report a three-stage reco nstructive procedure in which a conchal cartilage 'sandwich' graft was first placed between the skin flap and the globe, mucous membrane sub sequently grafted onto the inner surface of the cartilage graft, and l id level adjusted as the third stage.