title: [Histomorphologic findings in human expanded tissue].
abstract: Forty biopsies from 22 patients undergoing tissue expansion were examined histologically. Expanded skin demonstrated a generally unconspicious morphology of the epidermis, dermis and subcutis. Adnexal organs of the skin were preserved. Mean epidermal thickness was increased to 710 +/- 240 microns compared to 624 +/- 215 microns in the controls. The tissue expanders were bordered by a richly vascularized connective tissue capsule with a very variable mean thickness of 795 +/- 712 microns. These histologic findings in human tissues support experimental evidence for a real increase in tissue by expansion.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik Bonn.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rhades
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D015626:Tissue Expansion; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices
vernacular_title: Histomorphologische Befunde humanen expandierten Gewebes.