Clinical Services: Definitions

Tissue Expansion

Tissue Expansion enables the body to "grow" extra skin for use in reconstructing almost any part of the body. A silicone balloon expander is inserted under the skin near the area to be repaired and then gradually filled with salt water over time, causing the skin to stretch and grow.

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William Gerald Austen, MD	Matthias B. Donelan, MD	G. Gregory Gallico, III, MD	Mary Catherine Hertl, MD	James W. May, Jr., MD	Jonathan Michael Winograd, MD	Michael J. Yaremchuk, MD