title: Tissue expansion in perspective.
abstract: Tissue expansion is a recent advance in skin cover technique. Its empirical use has enabled many previously difficult reconstructions to be completed without recourse to distant flaps. Its high complication rate and lack of basic scientific understanding at present restrict its use to selected cases, but the quality of repairs possible by this method encourage further serious scientific study.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery and Burns Research Unit, University of Bradford.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Burd
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012867:Skin / Q000503:physiopathology; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices