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- Title
Use of an axial pattern flap and nictitans to reconstruct medial eyelids and canthus in a dog.
- Authors
Jacobi, Susan; Stanley, Bryden J.; Petersen-Jones, Simon; Dervisis, Nikolaos; Dominguez, Pedro A.
- Abstract
A 10-year-old male neutered Boxer presented with recurrence of a mast cell tumor at the right medial canthal area. Following excision including 2 cm margins, the medial one-half of the upper and lower eyelids and the medial canthus were reconstructed using an axial pattern flap based on the cutaneous branch of the superficial temporal artery. The bulbar conjunctiva of the nictitans was preserved and sutured to the medial flap edge, thus creating a conjunctival lining to the deep aspect of the flap, protecting corneal epithelium. This is a valuable surgical technique for closing a large skin defect and reconstructing the medial eyelids, thus preserving the globe.
- Subjects
OCULAR tumors; BOXER (Dog breed); EYELIDS; CONJUNCTIVA; TUMORS
- Publication
Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 6, p395
- ISSN
1463-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1463-5224.2008.00664.x