Pregnancy as a tissue expander in the correction of a scar deformity.
Tissue expansion is an established method for the correction of scars and tissue defects. During pregnancy the abdominal skin becomes gradually stretched over the growing uterus, providing a "natural" tissue expander. We present a case of a woman with posttraumatic scarring of the lower abdomen and thigh where tissue expansion during pregnancy was successfully used for scar correction.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria. Barbara.Del-Frari@uibk.ac.at
Barbara
B
Del Frari
Petra
P
Pülzl
Thomas
T
Schoeller
Martin
M
Widschwendter
Gottfried
G
Wechselberger
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*