Postburn scalp reconstruction using a self-filling osmotic tissue expander.

Tissue expanders have been used in the past few decades for various reconstructive procedures. The conventional expander requires serial filling injections in repeated visits over a few months period, and carries a substantial complication rate. An osmotic self-filling expander was invented ten years ago, but has still not gained a wide spread use.

The role of the plastic surgeon in dealing with soft tissue injuries: experience from the second Israel-Lebanon war, 2006.

During the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, 282 Israeli soldiers were evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus. Of these, 210 were admitted for observation or treatment, and 15 of these were admitted to the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Thirty-five other soldiers, hospitalized in other departments, required the care of Plastic Surgeons, either for conservative or surgical treatment.