Complications in tissue expansion.
Appropriate patient selection, proper informed consent, and a calm and thoughtful approach to problems of implant deflation, infection, and exposure should prevent true "disasters" in tissue expansion.
D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*