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Pregnancy as an autologous tissue expander for closure of an abdominal-wall defect
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|April 23, 2003
Abstract:
We report the reconstruction of a complex abdominal-wall defect using expanded skin from pregnancy. Wound closure was achieved using a vertical abdominoplasty.