Lower Eyelid Full-Thickness Lid Margin Repair for 8-mm Defect Following Mohs Surgery for Basal Cell Carcinoma
Tags: Ophthalmology
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Surgical Approach
3. Pentagonal Incisions to Extend Vertical Aspect of Wound Beyond Tarsus
4. Full-Thickness Excision to Prepare Wound for Closure
5. Wound Closure with Mersilene Sutures
- Vertical Mattress Through Tarsus
- Vertical Mattress Through Orbicularis Muscle
- Tie Sutures Leaving Long Ends
6. Skin and Orbicularis Muscle Closure Vertically with Running Plain Gut Suture
- Incorporate and Secure Long Mersilene Ends