CLINICAL CASE
Application of the balloon skin expansion method in pediatric reconstructive surgery
1 Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Microsurgery,
N. F. Filatov Children’s Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 13, Moscow, Russia
2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Ruslan Khagurov
ul. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, d. 15, korp. 2, kab. 214, Moscow, Russia 103001; moc.liamg@vorugah
The article describes the treatment of children with vast scar deformities and extensive benign soft tissue neoplasms. The method is presented in a clinical case of successful skin restoration using balloon skin expansion. The opinion and recommendations of the authors on optimal treatment of these defects and decrease of possible complications using laser Doppler flowmetry for evaluation of the state of microcirculation in the skin flap are based on the results of the long-term use of this method in the Department of Reconstructive and Plastic Microsurgery of Filatov Children’s Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 13.
Keywords: balloon skin expansion, soft tissue expander, scaring alopecia, skin grafting