title: [Repair of large cicatricial alopecia with skin soft-tissue expansion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical application of skin soft-tissue expansion in repairing large cicatricial alopecia.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 1989 to December 2003, 38 cases of large cicatricial alopecia were repaired by expanding scalp. The scalp was expanded, the cicatrix area was resected and the mode of propulsive or rotary flap was adopted. The size of alopecia ranged from 15 cm x 7 cm to 23 cm x 15 cm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cicatricial alopecia in all the 38 cases was repaired and the hair growth was excellent during 1-2 year follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The soft-tissue expansion technique is the initiative choice and an efficient method for repairing large cicatricial alopecia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Daliang Hospital, Shunde Guangdong 528300, P R China. roseluoshi@163.com
authors.forename: Zhitao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Limin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery; D015626:Tissue Expansion; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult