01 March 2022>: Review Paper
Techniques for Closing the Abdominal Wall in Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: A Systematic Review
Allana C. Fortunato 1ABCEF* , Rafael S. Pinheiro 1ABCEG , Cal S. Matsumoto 2BEF , Rubens M. Arantes 1A , Vinicius Rocha-Santos 1A , Lucas S. Nacif 1A , Daniel R. Waisberg 1A , Liliana Ducatti 1F , Rodrigo B. Martino 1F , Luiz Carneiro-D’Albuquerque 1AFG , Wellington Andraus 1AEGDOI: 10.12659/AOT.934595
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e934595
Table 2 Techniques and results of using tissue expanders.
Author | Year | n | Tissue expander site | Period | Outcome |
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Ville de Goyet []17 | 2000 | 1 | Pre-peritoneal | 3 m | Success Primary closure using reduced graft |
Alexandrides []6 | 2000 | 1 | Peritoneal | 18 d | Removed due peritonitis |
Marin-Gutzke []20 | 2008 | 1 | Combined | 5 m | Success primary closure |
Watson []21 | 2013 | 5 | Subcutaneous | 3 m | 3 pat. “complete graft coverage”1 pat. still waiting IT |
Vidyadharan []22 | 2013 | 7 | Subcutaneous | 7 m | 7 pat. re-exploration due complications4 pat. complete closure using reduced grafts |
Weiner []23 | 2014 | 1 | Combined | 10 m | Staged closure |
Ceulemans []24 | 2016 | 2 | Subcutaneous | 7 m3 m | 1 pat. staged closure1 pat. Success primary closure |
m – medium; pat – patient; combined, –peritoneal and retromuscular. |