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Tissue Expansion

"Tissue Expansion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A procedure whereby the body is stimulated to generate extra soft tissue by the application of stretching forces that stimulate new growth of tissue which, over a period of time, results in a 2-dimensional expansion of the tissue. The procedure is used in reconstructive surgery for injuries caused by trauma, burns, or ablative surgery. Various types of TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES have been developed that exert stretching forces.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tissue Expansion" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Tissue Expansion" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 94 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017
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