title: [Tissue expansion in burns sequelae].
abstract: The skin expansion marks a turning point in the repair of burn sequelae by allowing replace the original tissue with a coating of the same quality or a large full-thickness skin graft. The authors explain the peculiarities of this process in the sequelae of burn: indications, surgical technique, complications. They stressed the difficulties related to the "invisible loss" of skin, the "mandatory deficit" of the expansion, the expansion sub-scarring, the development of the treatment plan, the sustainability of the expansion.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, reconstructrice, esthétique, centre de brûlés, hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance publique de Paris, université de Paris-VII, Paris-Diderot, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France. maurice.mimoun@rth.aphp.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mimoun
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boccara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaouat
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D016896:Treatment Outcome