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Tissue expanders in burn surgery

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Tissue expansion is based on a dynamic process of nature in which vital tissue responds to continuous mechanical stress load. The capability to gain or lose weight during pregnancy for instance demonstrates the skin ability to develop independently. Tissue expansion has a significant implication in different ethnic societies throughout the world. Enlarged lips of Ethiopian Mursi women or elongated necks of Padauang women attest the exotic aesthetics associated with tissue expansion [1]. Tissue expansion represents the medical application of this normal physiologic process for reconstructive purposes and has already provided to be a reliable principle in plastic and reconstructive surgery [2, 3].

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Burn Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwels-straße 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Norbert Pallua M. D., Ph. D., FEBOPRAS

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Burn Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany

    Erhan Demir

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  1. Plastische, Aesthetische und Rekonstruktive Chirurgie, Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

    Lars-Peter Kamolz M.D., M.Sc

  2. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Marc G. Jeschke M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Plastisch- und Handchirurgische Klinik, Erlangen, Germany

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  4. Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik Krankenhausbetriebs gGmbH, Berlin, Germany

    Markus Küntscher M.D., Ph.D.

  5. Prednosta Kliniky popálenin, a rekonstrukcní chirurgie, FN Brno, Czech Republic

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Pallua, N., Demir, E. (2012). Tissue expanders in burn surgery. In: Kamolz, LP., Jeschke, M.G., Horch, R.E., Küntscher, M., Brychta, P. (eds) Handbook of Burns. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0315-9_12

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