Repair of a cheek defect with the tissue expander method: a case report.
A 28-year-old female had a severe depressed deformity of the left cheek due to false local injection of ZnCl2 into her buccal mucosa instead of an anesthetic. After several attempts at plastic surgery in another hospital with unsatisfactory results, she was treated surgically in our clinic using cheek skin expanded by a tissue expander. The outcome was satisfactory.
Jhuma
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1st Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan.
Shibahara
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Nomura
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Takeda
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Noma
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Tonoki
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D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek; D002712:Chlorides / Q000009:adverse effects; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects
D002712:Chlorides; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C016837:zinc chloride