 An elliptical piece of mucous membrane was then fashioned and placed into the defect in the lower lid and sutured with a running 6-0 chromic catgut suture anteriorly and posteriorly.
An elliptical piece of mucous membrane was then fashioned and placed into the defect in the lower lid and sutured with a running 6 - 0 chromic catgut suture anteriorly and posteriorly .