title: [The clinical application of scalp expansion in the repair of cicatricial baldness in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce the clinical application of the expanded graft from scalp in the repair of cicatricial baldness in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 cases with baldness following burn from 1988 to 1998 were reported. All of these patients (age ranged from 5-11 years) were treated by soft tissue expander.
  
  
  RESULTS
  5 cases were followed up for 1-2 years, the clinical results showed that the result from the graft of scalp expansion was satisfactory, and the long-term follow-up revealed that the hair in expended area and that in normal area was almost the same except the orientation of hair distribution had some difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The head scalp expansion might be the first choice in the repair of cicatricial baldness following burn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, 159 Hospital of PLA, Zhumadian He'nan, P. R. China 463008.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D015626:Tissue Expansion