title: [Application of computer for measuring the skin area during external expansion].
abstract: The skin external expander has been used to produce extra skin and soft tissue by continuous traction of the skin. The computer image measurement technique was designed to accurately measure the extra skin. The paper describes the technique and its clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Changhai Hospital.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*