title: [Skin expansion screw and skin expander--modern techniques for increasing possibilities in adjacent flap-plasty and defect closure].
abstract: There are various techniques for reconstructing skin and soft-tissue defects, among them skin expansion. During the past three years, we have tested a skin-stretching device based on the lag-screw principle of Hirshowitz et al. (1993). We have compared both techniques. The complication rate of both groups was acceptably low.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie und Plastische Operationen am Evangelischen Krankenhaus Hattingen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Voy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herr
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Hautzugschraube und Hautexpander--Moderne Techniken zur Erweiterung der Möglichkeiten bei Nahlappenplastiken und Defektverschlüssen.