title: [Measurement of skin area of expansion and defect on scalp].
abstract: The skin expander has been widely used to produce extra skin by the plastic surgeon, but there is no a scientific method for measuring the skin area of external expansion. The plastic surgeon usually do not know exactly whether the skin area of expansion more or less than the skin area of defect. A morphologic measure method was developed to figure out accurately the area of expansion and the area of defect separately. Clinical application has proved that the method can help the plastic surgeon know the wanted skin area of expansion in practice before operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Hubei Medical University, Wuhan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002921:Cicatrix; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods