Use of tissue expanders after burns and other injuries.
During the first year of use of tissue expansion at the Birmingham Accident Hospital, 24 patients had expansion procedures at 29 sites. Most of these were to revise burn scars. A number of complications occurred and five procedures were abandoned. The advantages and problems of the technique are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*