Technique of repeated in the treatment of the giant congenital hemifacial nevus
- Author:
Son Thiet Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
skin expansion
- MeSH:
Nevus;
Data Collection
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):15-18
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The hemifacial giant congenital nevus is a rare lesion but it always places a substantial challenge in the hand of the plastic surgeon. Surgical early management of these lesions is recommended and established by the use of tissue expansion and combined full-thickness skin grafting. Although the use of serial tissue expansion for the burn scars and the giant pigmented nevi of the trunk was recently presented, but this technique has not been reported for the reconstruction of the hemifacial congenital nevus in the literature. This case illustrates a successful surgical management of a serial tissue expansion and full-thickness skin grafting for hemifacial congenital nevus.
