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Zhonghua Zheng Xing Shao Shang Wai Ke Za Zhi · Mar 1999
Case Reports[The application of external skin expansion in the soft tissue donor site].
- M Zhang, D Wang, and H Jiang.
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai 200433.
- Zhonghua Zheng Xing Shao Shang Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1999 Mar 1;15(2):132-4.
ObjectiveTo overcome the insufficiency of donor tissue for repairing a large postburn defect.MethodsThe donor site was pre-expanded with an external expansion device in 54 clinical cases.ResultsThe expansion process was uneventful. The external expansion had delay effect that enabled the flap to be transferred with greater length to width ratio. After external expansion, the donor site of a flap or skin graft could be closed directly. The recipient and donor sites healed simultaneously.ConclusionExternal expansion is a practical method to provide 'extra' skin for reconstruction of a large skin defect.
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