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Tissue expansion has been used as a technique to increase the amount of skin (and/or soft tissues) available for closing a defect or reconstructing an anatomic unit. Although the technique has undergone many modifications, the basic principles have remained more or less constant. The shortcomings of tissue expansion have remained unsolved for many years, namely, long periods of expansion with concomitant...