The use of a tissue expander to enlarge a graft for surgical treatment of a pressure ulcer in a quadriplegic.

This case reports the use of a tissue expander to facilitate the surgical closure of a decubitus ulcer in a spinal cord injured quadriplegic. The patient is a 42-year-old man with chronic nonhealing of a right ischial pressure ulcer. It had required a flap rotation and partial ischiectomy in the rem...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 70 - 73
Autores principales: Braddom RL, Leadbetter MG
Formato: case study pictorial Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1989 Apr
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