Complete replacement of the conjunctiva by skingrafting and reconstruction of lidedges with tendograft

Mueller, F.O.

Klinische Monatsblatter für Augenheilkunde 169(5): 621-624

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2165
PMID: 794569
Document Number: 106853
Following total loss of conjunctiva and the superficial corneal layers after metalburns the bulbus was wholly covered over by the remaining skin. The lids were dissected from the globe and a shell was inserted carrying a Thiersch graft. At a later date the lidedges were strengthened by a tendon graft.

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