Tissue Expansion for Craniofacial Defects

Abstract

Tissue expansion can be used in surgery to create volume and to generate skin to reconstruct adjacent defects with tissue of similar characteristics in terms of skin colour and texture, thickness and skin appendages as that which was lost. By expanding and generating new tissue, both the primary defect and the donor site can be reconstructed with tissue of similar quality. Its application in craniofacial defects is discussed here.