Open AccessIntraoperative tissue expansion in the surgical correction of craniosynostosis
Author(s) -
Laura J Doshier,
Daniel H. Fowler,
Thomas W. McEwan,
Champ L. Baker,
Arshad R. Muzaffar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2292-5511
pISSN - 2292-5503
DOI - 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000906
Subject(s) - medicine , tissue expansion , craniosynostosis , surgery , scars , cranial vault , scalp , wound healing , skull
Wound healing complications can occur after calvarial vault expansion due to tension on the scalp flaps.