Disease relevance of Tissue Expanders

• RECENT FINDINGS: Hydrogel tissue expanders were recently adapted for use in congenital anophthalmia [1].

High impact information on Tissue Expanders

• Morphological study of the capsular organization around tissue expanders coated with N-carboxybutyl chitosan [2].
• If further experiments can address the problem of luminal collapse - with, for instance, tissue expanders in the matrix - this technique may offer an alternative to the complex therapeutic options currently available [3].
• By using osmotically active hydrogel tissue expanders, there is no postoperative filling and no risk of complications arising from defective balloon expanders, filling valves, or missing ports [4].
• The current study prospectively evaluated and compared psychosocial outcomes for three common options for mastectomy reconstruction: tissue expander/implant, pedicle TRAM, and free TRAM techniques [5].
• Conjoined omphalopagus twins, the use of tissue expanders and the Argon Beam Coagulator, and the postoperative course are discussed [6].

Anatomical context of Tissue Expanders

• A technique is described using a subperiosteal tissue expander and particulate hydroxylapatite for reconstruction of the class IV edentulous mandibular alveolar ridge [7].

Associations of Tissue Expanders with chemical compounds

• In vivo diffusion of lidocaine through tissue expanders [8].
• Skin expansion was achieved by gradual inflation of a subcutaneously implanted silicone tissue expander with sterilized isotonic saline over a period of 4 to 5 weeks [9].
• These results indicate that minocycline/rifampin-impregnated tissue expander shells provide broad-spectrum and durable antimicrobial activity and that the shelf-life antimicrobial activity exceeds 1 year [10].
• It was found that benzyl alcohol rapidly diffused through tissue expanders into a saline bath [11].
• In addition to pelvic partition with polyglycolic acid mesh, the tissue expander was inserted into the pelvic cavity to support the intestine upward and the bladder forward [12].

Gene context of Tissue Expanders

• Similar clinical results were obtained to those seen in Part I of our study when skin flaps were raised with and without a delay, when a tissue expander was used, and when the delay technique was extended to musculocutaneous flaps [13].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Tissue Expanders

• This is true not only for TRAM and latissimus dorsi flaps, but also for the mastectomy flap necrosis sometimes encountered in immediate reconstruction with simple implants or tissue expanders [14].
• Part 2 reports an in vivo study of lidocaine diffusion from tissue expanders used for breast reconstruction [15].
• Steroid and benzyl alcohol diffusion through tissue expanders and double lumen breast implants [11].

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