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
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.