Advances in wound management

AJ Rosenbaum, S Banerjee, KM Rezak… - JAAOS-Journal of the …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Wound management is a notable healthcare and financial burden, accounting for> $10
billion in annual healthcare spending in the United States. A multidisciplinary approach …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular and molecular responses to mechanical expansion of tissue

MA Razzak, MS Hossain, ZB Radzi, NAB Yahya… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The increased use of tissue expander in the past decades and its potential market values in
near future give enough reasons to sum up the consequences of tissue expansion …

[HTML][HTML] Stress–relaxation and tension relief system for immediate primary closure of large and huge soft tissue defects: an old–new concept: new concept for direct …

M Topaz, NN Carmel, G Topaz, M Li, YZ Li - Medicine, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Stress–relaxation is a well-established mechanism for laboratory skin stretching, with limited
clinical application in conventional suturing techniques due to the inherent, concomitant …

Application of the orthoplastic reconstructive ladder to preserve lower extremity amputation length

ME Fleming, A O'Daniel, H Bharmal… - Annals of Plastic …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background A primary goal in traumatic lower extremity amputation management is
preservation of limb length. Energy expenditure during ambulation directly correlates with …

Tissue expansion in children

TL Braun, KL Hamilton, LA Monson… - Seminars in Plastic …, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Tissue expansion is a well-established surgical method that has been creatively applied to
the management of many congenital and acquired pediatric conditions, including the …

Noninvasive soft tissue expansion strips and wound complications after total ankle arthroplasty

SB Wallace, M Hamati, JA Lendrum… - Foot & Ankle …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Total ankle arthroplasty through the anterior approach (TAR-AA) is an
increasingly popular treatment for ankle arthritis, but it carries a known risk for wound …

[HTML][HTML] A novel skin-stretching device for closing large skin-soft tissue defects after soft tissue sarcoma resection

Q Wu, Z Shao, Y Li, S Rai, M Cui, Y Yang… - World Journal of Surgical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Closure of large skin-soft tissue defects following soft tissue sarcoma (STS)
resection has been a great challenge. The objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Multidisciplinary application of an external tissue expander device to improve patient outcomes: a critical review

BJ MacKay, AN Dardano, AM Klapper… - Advances in Wound …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Continuous external tissue expansion (CETE) is a versatile tool in soft tissue
injury management, and could be an addition to the traditional reconstructive ladder. Recent …

Tissue expanders with a focus on extremity reconstruction

AR Arain, K Cole, C Sullivan, S Banerjee… - Expert Review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Acute traumatic or surgical wounds that cannot be primarily closed often cause
substantial morbidity and mortality. This often leads to increased costs from higher material …

Management of anterolateral thigh free flap donor site defects with a continuous external tissue expander

A Senchenkov, RL Agag, J Lee, A Patel… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Anterolateral thigh (ALT) free flaps can result in donor site wounds that cannot be closed
directly, requiring immediate or delayed split‐thickness skin grafting. The use of skin grafts …