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Defects involving .30 % of the lower eyelid in young patients or .45 % in elderly patients Cases in which the two cut edges can be brought together without undue tension
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Biswas, A. (2014). Lower Eyelid Reconstruction. In: Eyelid Tumors. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1874-6_13
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