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- Title
Lip commissure to eyelid transposition for repair of feline eyelid agenesis.
- Authors
Whittaker, C. J. G.; Wilkie, David A.; Simpson, D. J.; Deykin, A.; Smith, J. S.; Robinson, C. L.
- Abstract
Repair of eyelid agenesis in nine eyes of five cats using a lip commissure to eyelid transposition is described. The procedure is a modification of the technique described by Pavletic for reconstruction of the canine inferior eyelid and provides skin, mucosa, a mucocutaneous junction, and muscle to reconstruct the superior and inferior eyelid and lateral canthus. The technique was successful in all eyes and resulted in improvement in corneal protection, cosmesis and in several cats a return of the palpebral reflex.
- Subjects
EYELID abnormalities; CATS; MUCOUS membranes; CORNEA; SKIN
- Publication
Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 3, p173
- ISSN
1463-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00778.x