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Spontaneous repair of lower eyelid after tumour excision
Author(s) -
Hoppenreijs Vincent P. T.,
Cruysberg Johan R. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb01631.x
Subject(s) - eyelid , medicine , palpebral fissure , surgery , basal cell carcinoma , surgical excision , eyelid diseases , basal cell , pathology
. Twelve patients with a clinical diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma of the lower eyelid were treated with a margin‐including full‐thickness excision of the lower eyelid. Apart from cauterisation of bleeding vessels this excision was the sole primary surgical procedure in these patients. The resulting defects of 1/3 to 3/4 of the horizontal extent of the lower eyelid and varying in height from 4 to 8 mm healed spontaneously within a few weeks. The cosmetic appearance continued to improve over a further 1–2 months. There were few ocular or palpebral complications, although in one patient there was a recurrence of a basal cell carcinoma. The cosmetic and functional results were good in all patients. The surgical procedure could be performed on an outpatient basis under local anaesthesia in 10–15 min.