Chest wall deformity after tissue expansion.
There have been few reports about skeletal changes beneath a tissue expander in breast reconstruction. We present one, and surgeons should be cautious about the possibility of skeletal deformities in patients who are osteoporotic and postmenopausal who require prolonged tissue expansion.
Sariguney
Yakup
Y
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ayhan
Suhan
S
Eryilmaz
Tolga
T
D019928:Breast Implantation; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000453:epidemiology; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000009:adverse effects*