The application of expanded flaps in post-burn head, face and neck reconstruction

VernacularTitle:扩张皮瓣治疗头面颈部烧伤后瘢痕的临床应用
Author: Rui GUO ¹ ; Jincai FAN
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1. 中国医学科学院北京协和医学院整形外科医院整形九科，北京　100144
Keywords: Cicatrix; Expanded flap; Head, face and neck; Burn; Complications
From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2023;39(10):1153-1157
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Skin and soft tissue expansion is an important treatment in the field of plastic surgery. It can not only enables patients to harvest a large number of new soft tissues with matching color, texture and thickness to that surrounding the defective area, but also repair different parts of the body through a variety of preoperative design and transfer method. In the case of shortage of donor sites and higher appearance requirement in head, face and neck, skin and soft tissue expansion is indispensable for the reconstruction of post-burn scar. This article reviews the related literature of skin and soft tissue expansion in the treatment of post-burn scar in head, face and neck, in order to be helpful to the above clinical work.