Refinements of tissue expansion for pediatric forehead reconstruction: A 13-year experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1559-1570

  Gosain, Arun K ^a,b,c,d   Zochowski, Christopher G ^a,b,c,d   Cortes, Wilberto ^a,b,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin ^*

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; NEVUS, SEBACEOUS OF JADASSOHN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73549110663     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181babc49     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Maillard GF, Clavel PR. Aesthetic units in skin grafting of the face. Ann Plast Surg. 1991;26:347-352.
2. Gosain AK, Santoro TD, Larson DL, Gingrass RP. Giant congenital nevi: A 20-year experience and an algorithm for their management. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001;108:622-636.
3. Bauer BS, Few JW, Chavez CD, et al. The role of tissue expansion in the management of large congenital pigmented nevi of the forehead in the pediatric patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001;107:668-675.
4. Gur E, Zuker RM. Complex facial nevi: A surgical algorithm. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2000;106:25-35.
5. Quaba AA, Wallace AF. The incidence of malignant melanoma (0 to 15 years of age) arising in "large" congenital nevocellular nevi. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1986;78:174-181.
6. Reed WB, Becker SW Jr, Nickel WR. Giant pigmented nevi, melanoma and leptomeningeal melanocytosis: A clinical and histopathological study. Arch Dermatol. 1955;19:100-119.
7. Greeley PW, Middleton AG, Curtin JW. Incidence of malignancy in giant pigmented nevi. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1965;36: 26-37.
8. Kaplan EN. The risk of malignancy in large congenital nevi. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1974;53:421-428.
9. Kawashima T, Yamada A, Ueda K, Asato H, Harii K. Tissue expansion in facial reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1994; 94:944-950.
10. Pilney FT, Broadbent TR, Woolf RM. Giant pigmented nevi of the face: Surgical management. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1967; 40:469-474.
11. Radovan C. Breast reconstruction after mastectomy using the temporary expander. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1982;69:195-208.
12. Argenta LC, Watanabe MJ, Grabb WC. The use of tissue expansion in head and neck reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 1983;11:31-37.
13. Weinzweig N, Davies B, Polley JW. Microsurgical forehead reconstruction: An aesthetic approach. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995;95:647-651.
14. Antonyshyn O, Gruss JS, Zuker O, Mackinnon SE. Tissue expansion in head and neck reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1988;82:58-68.
15. Iwara Y, Maruyama Y. Expanded unilateral forehead (sail flap) for coverage of opposite forehead defect. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1993;92:1052-1056.
16. Cherry GW, Austad E, Pasyk K, McClatchey K, Rohrich RJ. Increased survival and vascularity of random-pattern skin flaps elevated in controlled, expanded skin. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1983;72:680-687.
17. Pisarski GP, Mertens D, Warden G, Neale HW. Tissue expander complications in the pediatric burn patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998;102:1008-1012.
18. Gibstein LA, Abramson DL, Bartlett R, Orgill DP, Upton J, Mulliken JB. Tissue expansion in children: A retrospective study of complications. Ann Plast Surg. 1997;38:358-364.
19. Iconomou TG, Michelow BJ, Zuker RM. Tissue expansion in the pediatric patient. Ann Plast Surg. 1993;31:134-140.
20. Elias DL, Baird WL, Zubowicz VN. Applications and complications of tissue expansion in pediatric patients J Pediatric Surg. 1991;26:15-21.
21. Unlu RE, Tekin F, Sensoz O, Bauer BS. The role of tissue expansion in the management of large congenital pigmented nevi of the forehead in the pediatric patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002;110:1191.
22. Manders EK, Graham WP III, Schenden MJ, Davis TS. Skin expansion to eliminate large scalp defects. Ann Plast Surg. 1984;12:305-312.
23. Hammer MD, Marsh JL, Picker S. Calvaria erosion after scalp expansion. Ann Plast Surg. 1987;19:454-459.
24. Foster RD, Williams ML, Barkovich AJ, Hoffman WY, Mathes SJ, Frieden IJ. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: The significance of neurocutaneous melanosis in neurologically asymptomatic children. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001; 107:933-941.
25. Frieden IJ, Williams ML, Barkovich AJ. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: Brain magnetic resonance findings in neurologically asymptomatic children. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994; 31:423-429.