title: Technical aspects of prolonged scalp expansion.
abstract: Tissue expansion offers the reconstructive surgeon a better option than the conventional methods of skin grafts or the transfer for non-hair-bearing, regional or microsurgical flaps for reconstructing large defects that cannot be repaired with adjacent hair-bearing flaps. Aspects of preoperative planning and technical factors of scalp expansion are presented to assist the clinician in managing these difficult reconstructive challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*