title: The use of tissue expanders for induction of facial skeletal growth.
abstract: We present a case of successful orbital expansion with a tissue expander in 1 patient. This method will be valuable in preventing the facial deformities of anophthalmia and microphthalmia. The method was successful from a technical standpoint because of scleral investment of the expander and because of relative fixation of the expander by passage of the filling tube through the lateral orbital wall. The early experience of this patient confirms our expectations of successful orbital expansion based on the natural history of patients with orbital tumors or congenital glaucoma and on the experimental work of other investigators.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery and Burns, University of Sao Paulo.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gemperli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardim
authors.forename: R de P
authors.initials: Rde P
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Manders
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000254:growth & development*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices