Summary
There are numerous methods for reconstruction of the eye socket. However, the use
of an island flap on the forehead based on the anterofrontal branch of the superficial
temporal artery has not been reported upon. This article describes an experience of
eye-socket reconstruction in a 90-year-old woman with an anterofrontal superficial
temporal artery island flap, a temporoparietal fascia flap and scapha composite grafting
in a one-step procedure. Deep fornices were obtained and the convex eye socket was
stably and easily fitted with the ocular prosthesis, which the patient started to
wear 4 weeks after the operation. The socket and eyelids are without any deficits
and in good condition with a 1-year follow-up.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 14, 2012
Accepted:
April 8,
2012
Received:
February 27,
2012
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© 2012 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
