Smooth versus Textured Tissue Expanders: Comparison of Outcomes and Complications in 536 Implants

Omar Allam; Jacob Dinis; Mariana N. Almeida; Alexandra Junn; Mohammad Ali Mozaffari; Rema Shah; Lauren Chong; Olamide Olawoyin; Sumarth Mehta; Kitae Eric Park; Tomer Avraham; Michael Alperovich

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1775592

Archives of Plastic Surgery (Jan 2024)

Smooth versus Textured Tissue Expanders: Comparison of Outcomes and Complications in 536 Implants

Omar Allam,
Jacob Dinis,
Mariana N. Almeida,
Alexandra Junn,
Mohammad Ali Mozaffari,
Rema Shah,
Lauren Chong,
Olamide Olawoyin,
Sumarth Mehta,
Kitae Eric Park,
Tomer Avraham,
Michael Alperovich

Affiliations

Omar Allam: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Jacob Dinis: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Mariana N. Almeida: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Alexandra Junn: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Mohammad Ali Mozaffari: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Rema Shah: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Lauren Chong: ORCiD
Olamide Olawoyin: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Sumarth Mehta: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Kitae Eric Park: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Tomer Avraham: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Michael Alperovich: ORCiD; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1775592
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 51, no. 01
pp. 042 – 051

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Background Increasing concerns regarding the safety of textured surface implants have resulted in surgeons transitioning from textured tissue expanders (TEs) to smooth TEs. Given this change has only recently occurred, this study evaluated outcomes between smooth and textured TEs.

Published in Archives of Plastic Surgery

ISSN: 2234-6163 (Print); 2234-6171 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00051611

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