title: [Overlapping tissue expansion techniques and its clinical applications].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve the results of the soft tissue expansion technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two expanders were buried in the same soft tissue pocket in an overlapping pattern. The inflation process was carried out routinely.
  
  
  RESULTS
  19 cases of various tissue defects were treated with the overlapping tissue expansion technique since March 1999. Good results have been achieved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overlapping tissue expansion technique can provide much more expanded tissue and reduce complications compared with the traditional expansion technique. It is especially suitable for repair of the defects at the facial and cervical region.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100041, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yuanbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lanhua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Xiaofang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yaobin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*