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Usefulness of using Tissue Expander in Pediatric Patient  

Lee, Jun-Woo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University)
Park, Chul-Gyoo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University)
Park, Jong-Lim (Seoul National University Boramae Hospital)
Kim, Yong-Kyu (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University)
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Archives of Plastic Surgery / v.37, no.6, 2010 , pp. 763-768 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: Reconstruction of soft tissue defect using tissue expander can provide better flap which is more similar to surrounding tissue in color, skin texture and hair compared to other methods. Many pediatric patients need reconstruction of soft tissue defect because of giant congenital nevi, congenital or acquired malformations and burn scars. Reconstruction using tissue expander is adequate to minimize dysmorphism in these patients. We intended to assess outcomes of using tissue expander in pediatric patients by retrospective study. Methods: Total cases were 168 of pediatric patients who received soft tissue reconstruction using tissue expander by the same surgeon from February, 1982 to May, 2009. All patients who received soft tissue reconstruction were under 10 years old. Mean age was 4.3 years old, the youngest 13 months, the oldest 8 years. Eightynine cases were male and 79 cases were female. Most common cause was giant hairy nevi (67 cases, 39.9%), secondary cause was burn scar/scar contracture (61 cases, 36.3%). Trunk (38 cases, 22.6%) was most common anatomical location. Results: Soft tissue defects were successfully covered using tissue expander in 149 cases (88.7%) without major complications. There was infection on 8 cases (4.7%) and we treated by adequate antibiotics in these cases. There were tissue expander folding or valve displacement on 5 cases (3%). Conclusion: Usage of tissue expander is useful on pediatric patients because tissue expansion is rapid on children and there are less secondary contractures on operation site than full thickness skin graft. Because of psychological stress due to tissue expander, operation should be performed before school age.
Keywords
Tissue expander; Child; Congenital giant nevi;
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