Use with Tissue Expander Face, Scalp and Neck Reconstruction
Full Text (PDF)
Serdar Yüce 1 * , Mustafa Öksüz 1, Muhammet Eren Ersöz 1, Ahmet Kahraman 2, Dağhan Işık 3, Bekir Atik 4
More Detail
1 Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Van, Turkey2 Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hatay, Turkey3 Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Izmir, Turkey4 Medeniyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The tissue expander has found widespread use in reconstructive surgery. The donor area is needed, the recipient site with similar characteristics (color, thickness, hair follicle) features, minimal scarring and leads to donor site morbidity. In our study, presented face, scalp and neck reconstruction results obtained with the use of expander. The face, scalp and neck areas expander was used to evaluate patients in the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department of Yüzüncü Yıl University. Age, gender, expander indication, defect or scar area localization, expander residential area, expander shape, volume, valve location (internal-external), expansion time, major and minor complications were reviewed. 30 number expanders were used in 17 patients (8 male, 9 female patients). Expanders were used burn sequelae in 14 patients, tumor- related defects in 2 patients and due to giant hairy nevus in 1 patient. The expanders are scalp (19 cases), face (3 cases), supraclaviculer (7 cases) and the neck (1 case) has to be placed. In 4 of 17 patients (three major and one minor) complications were encountered. Use the expander is a good option especially in the reconstruction of soft tissue defects in the head and neck region.

Keywords

License

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Article Type: Original Article

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 12, Issue 3, July 2015, 217-221

https://doi.org/10.15197/ejgm.01400

Publication date: 15 Jul 2015

Article Views: 1602

Article Downloads: 2073

Open Access References How to cite this article