Surgeons Use Labial Graft to Repair Eyelid

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A melanoma of the upper eyelid was resected in a gray warmblood gelding. A full functional eyelid was created by placing a labial mucocutaneous graft transplantation. Graft restored the mucocutaneous junction and to decreased the risk of postoperative trichiasis.

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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

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