The osmotic tissue expander: a three-year clinical experience

Summary Closure of defects after trauma or excision of neoplasms is a basic skill in plastic surgery. Local, regional and distant flaps lead to additional scars. Skin recruitment by serial excision or skin expansion is a less damaging option for defects that must be closed. Advantages of tissue expa...

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Published in:Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery reconstructive & aesthetic surgery, 2009-09, Vol.62 (9), p.1219-1222
Main Authors: Obdeijn, Miryam C, Nicolai, Jean-Philippe A, Werker, Paul M.N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Advantages
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Clinical report
Complications
Dermatologic Surgical Procedures
Elective Surgical Procedures
Equipment Design
Expansion
Female
Humans
Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Osmosis
Osmotic
Plastic Surgery
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - instrumentation
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Time Factors
Tissue expander
Tissue Expansion - instrumentation
Tissue Expansion - methods
Young Adult
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Summary:Summary Closure of defects after trauma or excision of neoplasms is a basic skill in plastic surgery. Local, regional and distant flaps lead to additional scars. Skin recruitment by serial excision or skin expansion is a less damaging option for defects that must be closed. Advantages of tissue expansion include good colour and texture match. Disadvantages are the need for a second operation, use of an implant with the attendant risk of infection, time needed for inflation of the device, repeat visits to the clinic, and punctures to inflate the expander. To overcome the last disadvantage, an osmotic expander was developed in Germany in 1999 by OSMED GmbH (Ilmenau).
ISSN:1748-6815
1878-0539
DOI:10.1016/j.bjps.2007.12.088