H. Borman et G. Ozcan, MODIFIED ADJUSTABLE TECHNIQUE TO ANCHOR THE LEVATOR MUSCLE TO THE FLAP USED IN TOTAL UPPER EYELID RECONSTRUCTION, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 51(7), 1998, pp. 566-568
Total, full thickness loss of the upper eyelid due to trauma, was reco
nstructed using the Mustarde total upper lid reconstruction method. Th
e immobile flap was then anchored to the avulsed levator muscle at a s
econd stage, using the technique described by Collin and O'Donnell for
the correction of eyelid ptosis. We modified the technique by using t
wo rows of anchor sutures instead of one and found it effective in rai
sing the reconstructed eyelid in the traumatic case presented.