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Reconstruction of the Head and Neck Area with Tissue Expanders

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The use of rubber balloons in skin expansion was first implemented by Neumann in 1957, during temporooccipital area expansion for ear reconstruction. The tissue expanders developed by Radovan 20 years later have been widely used for the past 29 years [15, 20].

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  1. Burn and Plastic Surgical Department, St. Stephen Hospital, Budapest, XIII, Nagyvarad ter 1, 1096, Hungary

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  1. Klinik für Plastische und Ästhetische Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef in Regensburg, Landshuter Straße 65, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    Marita Eisenmann-Klein M.D. (General Secretary of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Direktorin) (General Secretary of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Direktorin)

  2. IQUAM (International Committee for Quality Assurance and Medical Devices in Plastic Surgery), Theatinerstraße 1, 80333, München, Germany

    Constance Neuhann-Lorenz M.D. (Fachärztin für Chirurgie Fachärztin für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie und President) (Fachärztin für Chirurgie Fachärztin für Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie und President)

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Csorba, E. (2008). Reconstruction of the Head and Neck Area with Tissue Expanders. In: Eisenmann-Klein, M., Neuhann-Lorenz, C. (eds) Innovations in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-46326-9_20

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