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References Tissue Expansion with Osmosis Expanders based on Hydrogels
Biocompatibility and Tissue Expansion in general
Osmotically induced tissue expansion with
hydrogels: a new dimension in tissue expansion?
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Wiese KG.
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Gewebedehnung mit osmotisch-aktiven Hydrogelsystemen
Wiese
KG
Habilitationsschrift
Universität Göttingen 1998
Quintessenzverlag Berlin ISBN3-87652-974-3
German
Biomaterial properties and biocompatibility in cell culture of a novel self-inflating hydrogel tissue expander.
Wiese KG, Heinemann DE, Ostermeier D,
Peters JH.
J Biomed Mater Res. 2001
Feb;54(2):179-88.
Investigation of the expansion properties of osmotic expanders with and without silicone shell in animals.
Anwander T,
Schneider M, Gloger W, Reich RH, Appel T, Martini M, Wenghoefer M, Merkx M,
Bergé S.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007
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In-vivo- Untersuchung des Expansionsverhaltens und der Biokompatibilitaet von Methylmethacrylat- N- Vinylpyrrolidon- Hydrogelexpandern mit und ohne Silikonhuelle
Schneider M
Dissertationschrift Medizinische Fakultaet Universitaet Bonn 2008
Plastic Surgery
Tissue expansion using osmotically active hydrogel systems for direct closure of the donor defect of the radial forearm flap.
Bergé SJ, Wiese KG, von Lindern JJ,
Niederhagen B, Appel T, Reich RH.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2001
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The beginning of a new era: self-filling tissue expander for defect coverage in a 3-year-old boy with a retroauricular nevus.
Ronert MA, Hofheinz H, Olbrisch RR.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003
Jul;112(1):189-91. No abstract available.
Osmose-Expander ermöglicht Gewebe-Dehnung ohne Nachfüllen
Ronert
MA, Olbrisch RR.
Orthopädie-Technik. 2004 Feb; German
O Expansor Auto-inlavel-The Self-filling Expander-A New Type of Tissue Expander for Treatment of Burn Scars
Anger J
Revista
Brasileira de Queimaduras. 2004 Maio/ Agosto(2) Vol.4
The beginning of a new era in tissue expansion: self-filling osmotic tissue expander--four-year clinical experience.
Ronert MA, Hofheinz H, Manassa E,
Asgarouladi H, Olbrisch RR.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004
Oct;114(5):1025-31.
Correction of congenital nasal hypoplasia associated with Kallmann syndrome using self-inflating injectable tissue expander pellets.
Mischkowski RA, Kübler AC.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006
Nov;118(6):1447-52. No abstract available .
Cleft palate repair with the use of osmotic expanders: a preliminary report.
Kobus, K
J
Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2007;60(4):414-21
Osmotic tissue expanders in cleft lip and palate surgery: a cautionary tale
Rees L, Morris P, Hall P
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery , 2008;
61 : 119 –120
Re: 'Osmotic tissue expanders in cleft lip palate surgery: a cautionary tale'
James SE, Kelly MH.
Jounal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Volume 62 ,Issue 1, January 2009 , Page 112
Postburn Scalp Reconstruction Using a Self-filling Osmotic Tissue Expander
Zach Sharony, MD, Yaron Rissin, MD, Yehuda Ullmann, MD
Journal of Burn Care and Research 2009, Volume 30: 744-746
The osmotic tissue expander: A 5-year experience
Chummun S, et al.,
J Plast Reconstr Aesthetic Surg (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.002
Ophthalmology
Treatment of congenital anophthalmos with self-inflating polymer expanders: a new method.
Wiese KG, Vogel M, Guthoff R, Gundlach KK.
J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 1999
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New osmotically active hydrogel expander for enlargement of the contracted anophthalmic socket.
Bacskulin A, Vogel M, Wiese KG, Gundlach K,
Hingst V, Guthoff R.
Graefes Arch Clin
Exp Ophthalmol. 2000 Jan;238(1):24-7.
Erfahrungen bei der Therapie mit selbstquellenden Hydrogelexpandern
Schittkowski M.
Guthoff R, Gundlach KK.
MedReport
31 25. Jahrgang (2001)
Behandlung des klinischen Anophthalmus mit selbstquellenden Osmoseexpandern
Schittkowski
M. Guthoff R, Gundlach KK.
Ophthalmo-Chirurgie
13:161-166 (2001); German
Congenital clinical anophthalmia and blind microphthalmia
Schittkowski
MP, Gundlach KK, Guthoff RF.
Ophthalmologe. 2003
Jul;100(7):507-17. Epub 2003 Jun 21. German.
Treatment of congenital clinical anophthalmos with high hydrophilic hydrogel expanders
Schittkowski MP, Gundlach KK, Guthoff
RF.
Ophthalmologe. 2003
Jul;100(7):525-34. Epub 2003 Jun 25. German
Use of self-expanding, hydrophilic osmotic expanders (hydrogel) in the reconstruction of congenital clinical anophthalmos.
Mazzoli RA, Raymond WR
4th, Ainbinder DJ, Hansen EA.
Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2004
Oct;15(5):426-31. Review.
Self-inflating Hydrogel Expanders for the Treatment of Congenital Anophthalmos
Schittkowski
MP,Katowitz JA, Gundlach KK, Guthoff RF.
Essentials in
Ophthalmology –Ocuplastics and Orbit ( ISBN 3-540-22599) Due June 2005 (Page
205-221)
Expansion of the socket and orbit for congenital clinical anophthalmia.
Gundlach KK, Guthoff RF, Hingst VH,
Schittkowski MP, Bier UC.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005
Oct;116(5):1214-22.
Injectable self inflating hydrogel pellet expanders for the treatment of orbital volume deficiency in congenital microphthalmos: preliminary results with a new therapeutic approach.
Schittkowski MP, Guthoff RF.
Br J Ophthalmol . 2006
Sep;90(9):1173-7. Epub 2006 May 17.
Selbstquellende hochhydrophile Hydrogelexpander – ein neues Therapiekonzept für den kongenitalen klinischen Anophthalmus und funktionslosen Mikrophthalmus – Klinische, experimentelle und orbitavolumetrische Untersuchungen
Schittkowski MP
Habilitationsschrift
(Thesis) Universität Rostock 2006, German
Selbstquellende Hydrogel-Expander zur plastisch-rekonstruktiven Behandlung bei fehlender Augenanlage (Hydrophilic osmotic expanders as treatment option in congenital anophthalmos)
Schittkowski MP, Gundlach KK, Guthoff RF.
Die Medizinische Welt 2008 59 12: 511-515.
Dental
Osseous alterations at the interface of hydrogel expanders and underlying bone
Stuehmer C, et al., J Craniomaxillofac Surg (2009), doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2009.01.005
Periosteal expansion of rabbit mandible with an osmotic self-inflating expander
Abrahamsson, P et al.
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 3, P. 121-125
Using a novel self-inflating hydrogel expander for intraoral gingival tissue expansion prior to bone augmentation
von See C, et al.
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 48 (2010) e5-e6
Bone augmentation after soft-tissue expansion using hydrogel expanders: effects on microcirculation and osseointegration
von See C, Gellrich N-C, Jachmann U, Laschke MW, Bormann KH, Rücker M.
Clin. Oral Impl. Res. xx, 2010; 000–000, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2009.01847.x
Onlay bone grafting of mandible after periosteal expansion with an osmotic tissue expander: an experimental study in rabbits
Abrahamsson P, Isaksson S, Gordh M, Andersson G.
Clin. Oral Impl. Res xx, 2010; 000-000, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.01967.x