Post-burn head and neck reconstruction using tissue expanders

Postburn head and neck reconstruction using tissue expanders

“…8 In our study, the commonest use of tissue expander was for reconstructing postburn alopecia, which is in agreement with other studies. 9,10 The results of the present series have shown that by tissue expansion we were able to completely reconstruct 80% of the total patients with single or multiple sessions of expansion.…”

Reverse Tissue Expansion by Liposuction Deflation Adopted for Harvest of Large Sheet of Full-Thickness Skin Graft

“…5,6,11,12 Initially, contractures require wide release and excision followed by reconstruction using a well-vascularized thin tissue that will neither contract nor leave the patient with a large defect at the donor site. 6 Historically, the use of skin grafts has been the mainstay of treatment whenever the adjacent tissue is scarred and unavailable for local flap repair.…”

Cellular and Molecular Responses to Mechanical Expansion of Tissue

“…Since the first utilization in 1957 (Neumann, 1957), the use of tissue expansions have become widespread in maxillary and craniofacial surgery (Kobus, 2007), burn scar excision (Hafezi et al, 2009), breast reconstruction following mastectomy (Lohsiriwat et al, 2013), ophthalmology (Hou et al, 2012), management of omphalocele (Clifton et al, 2011), nasal reconstruction (Kheradmand et al, 2011), scalp alopecia (Guzey et al, 2015) and other deformities in plastic reconstructive surgery (Motamed et al, 2008; Laurence et al, 2012; Santiago et al, 2012). Tissue expander generates new tissues, by exploiting the viscoelastic properties of the skin and adjusted histological changes which follows the principle of the controlled mechanical skin overstretch (Argenta, 1984; Pamplona et al, 2014).…”