title: [Reconstructive treatment with multiple tissue expanders after an extensive skin burn of the lower extremity].
abstract: The paper refers to an experience of skin reconstruction of a widely damaged lower limb as result of a hot water burn injury in a young girl. Evidence is given to adopted reconstruction times, and to the decision not to recur to flap transposition by skin innests, but to the tissue expansion technique, also to avoid new aesthetic damages. The peculiarity of the experience is in the employment of a multiple number of tissues expander, to meet characteristic problems of the limbs related to this reconstructive technique, particularly in presence of heavy burn scars. It is also widely illustrated the operatory phases and times which are necessary to obtain an optimal functional result, with very satisfying aesthetic final appearance.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio di Chieti.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Picardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices
vernacular_title: Trattamento ricostruttivo con espansori tissutali multipli dopo ustione cutanea estesa dell'arto inferiore.