%0 Journal Article %T Reconstru£¿£¿o palpebral com enxerto de cartilagem aut¨®loga de concha de orelha %A Alves %A Jos¨¦ Carlos Ribeiro Resende %A Liu %A Rebeca Paohwa %A Silva Filho %A Alo¨ªsio Ferreira da %A Pereira %A N¨¢rlei Amarante %A Carvalho %A Eduardo Eust¨¢quio Salera de %J Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Pl¨¢stica %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Pl¨¢stica %R 10.1590/S1983-51752012000200013 %X background: in this study, we evaluated the results obtained with matsuo's technique for eyelid reconstruction at the cl¨ªnica de cirurgia pl¨¢stica do hospital fel¨ªcio rocho (plastic surgery clinic of the hospital fel¨ªcio rocho) from december 1992 to may 2011. furthermore, we performed a nonsystematic review of published articles reporting eyelid repair using conchal cartilage graft from the ear. methods: we studied 13 patients who were subjected to eyelid reconstructions after resection of neoplasias. results: we observed satisfactory results in all patients, with spontaneous epithelialization of the conchal cartilage. in the nonsystematic literature review, we found 10 articles, covering 111 patients, that reported the use of ear cartilage for eyelid repair with good results. conclusions: thus, the matsuo technique appears to be a good option for eyelid repair. %K eyelids [surgery] %K eyelid neoplasms %K transplantation %K autologous %K ear auricle. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-51752012000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en