Maximizing gain from rectangular tissue expanders

Plast Reconstr Surg. 1992 Sep;90(3):500-4; discussion 505-6.

Abstract

Three different options are proposed to cut the flap after expansion of rectangular tissue expanders. Each method, when used effectively, allows the expander to deliver the full punch of the expansion process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cheek / surgery
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Facial Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Forehead / surgery
  • Hemangioma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Nevus, Pigmented / surgery
  • Scalp / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Skin Transplantation / methods
  • Skin Transplantation / pathology
  • Surgical Flaps / methods*
  • Surgical Flaps / pathology
  • Tissue Expansion / methods*
  • Tissue Expansion Devices*