AESTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF BURN ALOPECIA BY USING EXPANDED HAIR-BEARING SCALP FLAPS

Authors
Citation
Jc. Fan et Py. Yang, AESTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF BURN ALOPECIA BY USING EXPANDED HAIR-BEARING SCALP FLAPS, Aesthetic plastic surgery, 21(6), 1997, pp. 440-444
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
0364216X
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
440 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-216X(1997)21:6<440:AROBAB>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Tissue expansion is one of the most important armamentaria for aesthet ic scalp reconstruction after burn; however, the proper way to employ this technique for the scalp reconstruction usually presents a challen ge to the plastic surgeon, especially in the case of a ''sideburn'' sc enario or a large lesion, as with, for example, hemiscalp alopecia. In this article, 11 patients, with different degrees of hair-bearing sca lp loss as a result of burn, and including four patients with hemiscal p alopecia were successfully treated by using tissue expansion. The re sults show that tissue expansion is a simple, safe, and efficient tech nique for aesthetic scalp reconstruction. Versatile design of the expa nded scalp flap can distribute the expanded hair-bearing scalp properl y in the reconstructed recipient site.