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The use of a combined sliding skin graft and a free labial mucocutaneous graft for reconstruction of the equine upper eyelid after full‐thickness excision of a melanoma

Journal:
Clinical Case Reports
Year:
2019
Authors:
Steinmetz, Andrea et al.
Affiliation:
Department of Small Animals Leipzig University Leipzig Germany · Germany
Species:
horse

Abstract

Key Clinical Message A melanoma of the upper eyelid was resected in a gray warmblood gelding. A full functional eyelid could be obtained by completion a sliding skin graft with a free labial mucocutaneous graft transplantation to restore the mucocutaneous junction and to decrease the risk of postoperative trichiasis.

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Original publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1992