Prepuce mucosal graft for forniceal and conjunctival sac reconstruction in surgically intractable symblepharon.

A 12-year-old boy who had severe burns in the right eye from a firecracker injury 2 years previously was referred to our hospital with severe and recurrent symblepharon. The patient had received conjunctival sac reconstruction with amniotic membrane grafts twice at another hospital. A symblepharon lysis and conjunctival sac reconstruction with a mouth mucosal graft was performed. Eight months after surgery, he could not wear a prosthesis due to the recurrence of symblepharon. A prepuce mucosal graft obtained from circumcision was applied for forniceal and conjunctival sac reconstruction. One year postoperatively, the patient showed no recurrence of symblepharon and could comfortably wear a prosthesis. The prepuce is a useful alternative donor tissue in a male patient with no other available donor sites for conjunctival sac reconstruction.