ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
Bulletin of RSMU
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
CLINICAL CASE
Application of the balloon skin expansion method in pediatric reconstructive surgery
About authors
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
Received: 2016-09-26
Accepted: 2016-10-11
Published online: 2017-01-05
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Fig. 1. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. Necrosis of the skin flap of the parieto- occipital area
Fig. 2. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. Surgery stages: (А) Removal of the necrotic skin flap of the parieto-occipital area.; (B) Free skin grafting from the anterior abdominal wall; (C) the wound defect is fully covered with the skin flap
Fig. 3. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. Clinical photograph taken 14 days after surgery. The wound defect is fully closed, the full engraftment is observed
Fig. 4. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. Alopecia of the parieto-occipital region
Fig. 5. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. The tissue endoexpander implanted in the right parietal region
Fig. 6. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. Clinical photograph after elimination of alopecia in the right parietal region
Fig. 7. Female patient Sh., 5 years old. Clinical photograph after implantation of two tissue endoexpanders
Fig. 8. Female patient Sh., 7 years old. Clinical photograph taken 1.5 years after treatment
