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Short reports and Correspondence| Volume 60, ISSUE 12, P1362-1363, December 2007

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A reliable method for the placement and securement of tissue expander remote injection port

Published:October 08, 2007DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2007.08.011
      Tissue expanders with an external percutaneous tube were described initially by Newman,
      • Neumann C.G.
      The expansion of an area of skin by progressive distension of a subcutaneous balloon.
      then a remote subcutaneous inflation port which is inflated percutaneously was described by Radovan.
      • Radovan C.
      Breast reconstruction after mastectomy using the temporary expander.
      Later, an injection port which is integrated into the permanent implant was devised especially for breast reconstructions.
      • Lapin R.
      • Eliot M.
      • Juri H.
      The use of an integral tissue expander for primary breast reconstruction.
      Although the tissue expanders with self-contained ports require one stage and a simpler operation, they do pose some problems; their palpation ring can erode the overlying tissue or the expanders may be punctured inadvertently.
      • Cohen I.K.
      Silicone expander with self-contained valve.
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