The effect of tissue expanders on the growing craniofacial skeleton

Background: Tissue expansion can safely be considered one of the major advances in reconstructive plastic surgery. Reported complication rates for tissue expansion have been as low as zero and as high as 48% when expanding the head and neck region in pediatric patients.[1] Our study is to discuss t...

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Main Author: MS Awad Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2006-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1700455
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