• Center of Plastic Surgery;;
  • Xi An Forth Army University of Medical Sciences;;
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An extra-skin could be obtained by tis-sue expander for repair of cicatrix in neckand face in 80 cases, in which, burn, trau-ma, and naevus occupied 70, 5, and 5 casesrespectively. The required area ranged6x3. 5cm to 12×13cm. In 33 cases, 2 to 4 tissueexpanders were embeded simultaneously.The results Were good in 72 cases,and poorin 8 cases. 38 complications occured in 24cases in which 16 cases were kept uneffectedafter immediate treatment, and8 casesfailed. Follow up in 41 cases, no skin con-tracture was discovered.In this article, the reasons of complication and the opertive method were discussed.

Citation: Luo Jinhui et al.. TISSUE EXPANDER IN FACE AND NECK RECONSTRUCTION. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1990, 4(2): 65-67. doi: Copy

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