Medial Canthal Tendon Reflecting in Lower Eyelid Reconstruction After Palpebral Cancer Surgery: Description of a New Technique.

Purpose: The aim of this article is to describe a new reconstructive technique of the lower eyelid in the surgery of tumors involving the medial canthal tendon.

Methods: Our new technique consists of detaching and reflecting the most medial portion of the anterior medial canthal tendon and reinserting it into the posterior lamella. We describe the cases in which our technique can be useful, as well as the results we have obtained.