Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
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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