Open AccessApplication of a pre-filled tissue expander for preventing soft tissue incarceration during tibial distraction osteogenesis
Author(s) -
Hui Chen,
Xiaochun Teng,
Xiaohua Hu,
Lin Cheng,
Wei Du,
Yuming Shen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i11.2181
Subject(s) - soft tissue , medicine , distraction osteogenesis , distraction , tissue expander , surgery , bone tissue , subcutaneous tissue , biomedical engineering , mastectomy , cancer , neuroscience , breast cancer , biology
Bone transport and distraction osteogenesis has been widely used to treat bone defects after traumatic surgery, but, skin and soft tissue incarceration can be as high as 27.6%.