About three weeks after surgery, when you’ve had some time to heal, we will begin to fill the tissue expander with more fluid. This procedure is called expansion. It will stretch your chest skin and ...

But even with combination devices of tissue expander and implant, a second surgical procedure is still often needed to remove the filling port. Figure 2a. Design of skin incisions for 48-year -old ...

ePlasty, April 06, 2023 Tissue Expander Fill Volumes and Postoperative Complications ... Options This review looks at the current graft and implant options for dorsal augmentation in rhinoplasty.

Sometimes an implant is placed during the same surgery as mastectomy. But often the doctor will first place a tissue expander beneath the skin. Saline (or air) is added to the expander every 1 to 2 ...