The role of osmotic self-inflatable tissue expanders in intestinal transplant candidates

Intestinal transplantation (ITx) is often associated with decreased abdominal domain, rendering abdominal closure difficult. Pre-transplant placement of tissue expanders (TE) can overcome this challenge; however it can be associated with life-threatening complications. This review aimed to comprehensively summarize all available literature on TE in ITx candidates and include the technical details of osmotic, self-inflatable TE -a technique undescribed before. PubMed, EMBASE and CCTR were searched until April 30, 2016.

Source: Transplantation Reviews - July 15, 2016 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Laurens J. Ceulemans, Nathalie P. Deferm, Marc Miserez, Francesca Maione, Diethard Monbaliu, Jacques Pirenne Source Type: research