Use of ultrasound to locate a "lost" tissue expander injection port.
We have presented a rapid and reliable method of finding lost injection valves. (A frustrating footnote, however, is that 1 week later the port had again migrated and could not be located. Since the further anticipated gain was marginal, the bladder was already nearly expanded, and the expense for repeated ultrasound was a consideration, no further attempts were made to locate this port by ultrasound for further filling).
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014465:Ultrasonics