caa a22 4500 463210581 CHVBK 20180405153139.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00238-007-0137-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00238-007-0137-7 The use of a malleable retractor as a blunt dissector in tissue expander insertion [Elektronische Daten] [Halil Canter, Ian Jackson] Tissue expansion, as a modality to achieve soft tissue augmentation and flap prefabrication, is one of the main reconstructive procedures used in plastic surgery. The self-expansion of the implant by patients or their relatives is an easy process, which decreases the cost of the expansion process dramatically. If the expander insertion procedure is performed in a perfect manner to achieve a good match of implant size to that of the cavity size, establishment of perfect hemostasis of the implant cavity, placement of the implant without any folding on itself, convenient placement of the expander ports, and perfect preoperative planning of the incision site for implant insertion, there should be a low complication rate. In this article, the pitfalls of the tissue expansion process are emphasized, and the usefulness of a flat malleable retractor in tissue expander insertion is highlighted. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Tissue expander nationallicence Curved malleable retractors nationallicence Complication nationallicence Canter Halil Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute for Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, Affiliated with Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, USA aut Jackson Ian Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute for Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, Affiliated with Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, USA aut European Journal of Plastic Surgery Springer-Verlag 30/1(2007-06-01), 47-48 0930-343X 30:1<47 2007 30 238 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-007-0137-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-007-0137-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Canter Halil Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute for Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, Affiliated with Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jackson Ian Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Institute for Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, Affiliated with Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Plastic Surgery Springer-Verlag 30/1(2007-06-01), 47-48 0930-343X 30:1<47 2007 30 238 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer