Experience in Dealing with Infection Complications of Tissue Expanders / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with tissue expanders infection and how to treat it.METHODS Totally 168 patients were treated from Sep 2002 to Oct 2006.The relative infection complications were defined as operative plan was only partially satisfied,sometimes implying poor surgical judgment.RESULTS There were 43 cases with infection in the process of installing expanders.Though by proper treatment only 9 patients were with unsatisfied effect.The others had better result.CONCLUSIONS The reasons that cause tissue expander derived infection is complex,we must be carefully to do the operation.