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General Reconstruction Scroll down to view details of this procedure.
Tissue expansion is ideal for scalp repair because the stretched skin on the scalp retains normal hair growth. Most other body tissue does not grow hair to the same degree.
Following tissue expansion, the repaired scalp restores a more natural appearance.
With flap surgery, tissue, sometimes including underlying fat and muscle, is taken from the back and tunneled to the front of the chest wall to support the reconstructed breast.
The transported tissue forms a flap to cover a breast implant, or it may provide enough bulk to form the breast mound without an implant.
In a typical syndactyly, two fingers are fused together. The surgeon often uses zig-zag incisions to separate the fingers, creating triangular skin flaps.
Skin flaps cover most of the exposed areas between the fingers. Skin grafts are used to fill the shaded areas at the base of the fingers. |
