Biomaterial Database

Tissue expansion and Mohs micrographic surgery. 1993

A Carruthers

Department of Dermatologic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Tissue expansion is of value in the repair of some defects produced by Mohs micrographic surgery. In particular, defects of the nose, forehead, temple and scalp as well as extensive defects in other areas may require expansion. Tissue expansion should be considered prior to Mohs micrographic surgery in these cases. Intraoperative and rapid expansion are useful adjuncts to other repair options. Complications of expansion are frequent and must be anticipated.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007430	Intraoperative Care	Patient care procedures performed during the operation that are ancillary to the actual surgery. It includes monitoring, fluid therapy, medication, transfusion, anesthesia, radiography, and laboratory tests.	Care, Intraoperative
D008297	Male		Males
D005145	Face	The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.	Faces
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D012535	Scalp	The outer covering of the calvaria. It is composed of several layers: SKIN; subcutaneous connective tissue; the occipitofrontal muscle which includes the tendinous galea aponeurotica; loose connective tissue; and the pericranium (the PERIOSTEUM of the SKULL).	Scalps
D012871	Skin Diseases	Diseases involving the DERMIS or EPIDERMIS.	Dermatoses,Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders,Dermatosis,Skin Disease
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D015580	Mohs Surgery	A surgical technique used primarily in the treatment of skin neoplasms, especially basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. This procedure is a microscopically controlled excision of cutaneous tumors either after fixation in vivo or after freezing the tissue. Serial examinations of fresh tissue specimens are most frequently done.	Micrographic Surgery, Mohs,Micrographic Surgery, Moh's,Micrographic Surgery, Mohs',Moh's Micrographic Surgery,Moh's Surgery,Mohs Micrographic Surgery,Surgery, Moh's Micrographic,Surgery, Mohs,Surgery, Mohs Micrographic,Surgery, Mohs',Micrographic Surgery, Moh,Moh Micrographic Surgery,Moh Surgery,Mohs' Micrographic Surgery,Mohs' Surgery,Surgery, Moh,Surgery, Moh Micrographic,Surgery, Moh's,Surgery, Mohs' Micrographic
D015625	Tissue Expansion Devices	Devices used to generate extra soft tissue in vivo to be used in surgical reconstructions. They exert stretching forces on the tissue and thus stimulate new growth and result in TISSUE EXPANSION. They are commonly inflatable reservoirs, usually made of silicone, which are implanted under the tissue and gradually inflated. Other tissue expanders exert stretching forces by attaching to outside of the body, for example, vacuum tissue expanders. Once the tissue has grown, the expander is removed and the expanded tissue is used to cover the area being reconstructed.	Tissue Expanders,Vacuum Tissue Expanders,Tissue Expanders, Vacuum,Device, Tissue Expansion,Devices, Tissue Expansion,Expander, Tissue,Expander, Vacuum Tissue,Expanders, Tissue,Expanders, Vacuum Tissue,Tissue Expander,Tissue Expander, Vacuum,Tissue Expansion Device,Vacuum Tissue Expander