THE RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY OF CICATRICIAL DEFORMATIONS OF THE LOWER EYELID

Abstract

The results of reconstructive surgery with the use of Alloplant biomaterials in 31 patients with monolateral cicatricial deformation and ectropion of the lower eyelid are presented in the article. Patients were aged from 5 to 46 years old. Among them the proportion of children up to 12 years old was 13%. In 82% cases the reason of deformation was mechanical injury, in 18% - thermal burn. Feature of study group was presence of deforming scar involving all thickness of the eyelid, which caused dislocation and ectropion of the lower eyelid. The area of damage was a half of the eyelid in 58% of cases and total of the eyelid - in 22% of cases. Reconstructive surgery was performed with the use of skin grafting methods and allogenic biomatherials of «Alloplant» series. The analysis of the results of operations showed high efficiency of the proposed surgery techniques with the use of «Alloplant» technology.