External Tissue Expansion in Complex Extremity Reconstruction
| Autor: | Peter Y.W. Chan, James Clune, Ajul Shah, Anthony F. Colon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Soft Tissue Injuries
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Tissue Expansion Soft tissue Extremities Skin Transplantation Plastic Surgery Procedures Surgical Flaps Treatment Outcome medicine Humans Skin grafting Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Surgery business Tissue expansion Retrospective Studies Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Hand Surgery. 46:1094-1103 |
| ISSN: | 0363-5023 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhsa.2021.07.039 |
| Popis: | Skin grafting and flap-based reconstruction have been the conventional treatments for complex extremity wounds. However, these methods can be associated with relatively high complication rates and involve increasing levels of complexity. External tissue expansion has recently emerged as an attractive alternative to its conventional counterparts. It is a technically simple and low-morbidity technique for complex wound reconstruction. This article provides a review of internal and external tissue expansion with a focus on the evolution, indications, and recent successes of external expansion for soft tissue coverage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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