JOURNAL OF SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCIENCE) ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 277-279.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2021.02.025

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Application of changing the expansion stress point to the treatment of blood flow disorder of skin and soft tissue expander

Rao FU(), Chuan-qi LIU, Bin FANG, Ru-lin HUANG, Qing-feng LI, Yun XIE()   

  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
  • Received:2020-09-17 Online:2021-02-28 Published:2021-02-28
  • Contact: Yun XIE E-mail:furao950714@126.com;amiyayun@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81701917);Shanghai Pujiang Program(2019PJD024);Shanghai Municipal Education Commission—Gaofeng Clinical Medicine Grant Support(20191916)

Abstract:

The case is a 10-year-old male patient with facial scar deformity, who was admitted to the hospital 6 years after burns. Bilateral soft tissue expanders were implanted on his neck in order to improve facial scars. Later, the local hypertonicity, thinning of the skin and blood flow disorder of the expanded skin during the water injection were found and the existing treatments were not effective. The patient was re-admitted to hospital and a customized neck expander was replaced under local anesthesia to change the local stress of the weak point and complete further expansion. The expander had a water injection volume of 1 200 mL in the end. After that, the flap transfer repair operation was successfully completed. The clinical data of the case and the treatment of blood flow disorder caused by the implantation of the expander can provide reference for other surgeons.

Key words: skin and soft tissue expander, expansion stress, blood flow disorder

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