WO2000019914A9 - External tissue expansion device for breast reconstruction, male pattern baldness and removal of nevi and keloids - Google Patents
External tissue expansion device for breast reconstruction, male pattern baldness and removal of nevi and keloidsInfo
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- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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Definitions
- This invention is in the field of medical devices and techniques of tissue expansion that are used by plastic and general surgeons to obtain additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue prior to a surgical procedure to correct a defect or to cover an implantable prosthesis.
- Such surgical procedures include breast augmentation and breast reconstruction after mastectomy, removal of a nevus or keloid, removal of malignant or benign lesions, improvement of cosmetic appearance and other plastic reconstructive procedures of the body that require tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue without distortion of nearby body structures.
- the new invention can be used in new surgical procedures to correct male pattern baldness and for breast reconstructive surgery and removal of nevus, hypertrophic scars or keloids ..
- the physician has three surgical means to obtain additional tension free skin namely: (A) skin grafts, (B) free flaps and (C) internally placed tissue expansion devices.
- A. Skin grafts involve the transfer from a donor site, the epidermis and a measured portion of the dermis to a recipient site formed as a shallow well-vascularized wound. The donor site will take as long as three weeks to heal. Skin grafts provide superficial coverage and do not replace deeper tissue layers such as subcutaneous tissue. With skin grafts there is no satisfactory match in color, texture or thickness to harmonize with surrounding tissue.
- Tissue flaps are used in the procedures that involve the transfer of skin and underlying structures such as subcutaneous tissue, fascia and muscle to fill a defect. This procedure involves detachment of the tissue from its original site, transfer of the flap to the defect, and suture of the flap over the defect. In a free flap the flap tissue is completely removed from the donor site and reattached to the wound using microvascular techniques. In all other flap procedures there is a base which remains attached and supplies circulatory support for the flap.
- Present internal tissue expansion devices have at least three disadvantages: (1) they involve multi-staged surgical operations, (2) they sacrifice the well being of the donor site for the need of the recipient site, (3) and the time between first and second surgical procedure can be as long as one to four months.
- Present internal tissue expanders are essentially inflatable balloons or pouches that are surgically placed into and under subcutaneous tissue in an area close to the defect to be corrected. After a time period for the surgical incision to heal, pressure and volume of the pouch/balloon is incrementally increased by injections of saline into the pouch/balloon. With this technique excessive stresses are placed on the skin due to the high forces exerted by the internal tissue expander. The typical method of determining expansion pressure is measured by pain response from the patient.
- the ideal tissue expansion device would not require a subcutaneous implant cavity for the expander, would eliminate the complications of surgical procedures, would quickly obtain additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue, and would obtain skin that is a satisfactory match in color, thickness and texture to harmonize with the surrounding tissue.
- the Ger-Oddsen device is an external tissue expansion device that achieves all these objectives. It is attached by means of sutures, staples or tissue hooks to the area where tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue is required, there is no incisional surgery and the device quickly obtains additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue in days versus weeks when compared to internally placed tissue expanders.
- the Ger-Oddsen device applies an external force that is constant, continuous and low grade. Constant force to skin has been demonstrated to expand more tissue than the intermittent applications of force. Also constant continuous force achieves the most rapid rate of accumulation of tissue.
- Fig. la is a partial front elevation view of a female patient showing a breast after closing of a mastectomy incision.
- Fig. lb is similar to Fig. la showing a tissue expansion device comprising a set of expander plates positioned above and below the mastectomy incision, one of said set carrying a pair of Negator springs and the other adapted to receive and hold the hook of each spring .
- Fig. lbl shows an expansion plate of Fig. lb in side elevation view before being bent to conform to the topography of the patient.
- Fig. Ib2 is similar to Fig. 6bl showing the expansion plate after being bent to conform to the topography and after being sutured to the patient.
- Fig. lc is similar to Fig. lb showing the area about the mastectomy incision a few days after application of said tissue expander device.
- Fig. Id is similar to Fig. lc showing the breast area after removal of the tissue expansion device and implantation of a breast prosthesis.
- Fig. 2 is a top front perspective view of one of the set of expansion plates which carries the Negator spring.
- Fig. 3 is a front elevation view of Fig. 2.
- Fig. 4 is a top, front perspective view of one of the set of expansion plates which receives the hook of the spring.
- Fig. 5 is a front elevation view of Fig. 4.
- Fig. 6a is a rear elevation view of a male patient's head showing male pattern baldness.
- Fig. 6b is similar to Fig. 6a showing the external tissue expansion device sutured to the scalp adjacent the bald area.
- Fig. 6bl shows the expansion plate of Fig. 6b in its flat condition in solid line and in its bent condition in dotted line.
- Fig. 6c is similar to Fig. 6b showing expanded tissue adjacent the bald area a few days after application of said tissue expansion device.
- Fig. 6d is similar to Fig. 6c showing the scalp after the device is removed and after the tissue with no hair follicles has been excised.
- Fig. 7 is a schematic top perspective view of a set of unassembled expansion plates of the external tissue expansion device.
- Fig. 8 is a schematic top perspective view of the set of tissue expansion plates of Fig. 7 assembled together about a region of baldness at the beginning of a procedure .
- Fig. 9 is similar to Fig. 8 showing the assembled set of tissue expansion plates after an initial time period of application.
- Fig. 10 is similar to Fig. 9 showing the assembled set of tissue expansion plates after an additional time period of application.
- Figs. 11, 12 and 13 show respectively and schematically the preferred forms of sets of expansion plates for a) male pattern baldness, b) removal of nevi , and c) breast reconstruction.
- the Ger-Oddsen device is an external tissue expander that utilizes a set of two expansion plates of a geometric shape to conform to the body part requiring additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue .
- Sheet 1 of the drawings shows schematically a female patient's closed mastectomy incision (Fig. la), a set of the new tissue expansion plates situated above and below the closed incision (Fig. lb) , progress of tissue expansion (Fig. lc) , and fully expanded tissue with the breast prosthesis implanted (Fig. Id).
- the geometric curved shape of the tissue expansion plate for breast reconstruction is concave, approximately conforms to the circumference of the implantable definitive breast prosthesis, contralateral breast or breast shape desired by the patient and permits an area 12 for tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue to accumulate.
- Variations of this shape expansion plate (also called expander plate or suture plate) are used for the tissue expansion device for male pattern baldness as seen in Fig. 8 and described later herein.
- Each of the suture plates 14, 14A is a laminated structure consisting of a thin stainless steel plate 14 about 0.015 to 0.025 inch thick to which is attached a foam cushion which is about one quarter inch thick and made of cross-linked polyolefin foam or other appropriate cushion, preferably having an adhesive strip on the top side for attachment to the bottom surface of the expansion plate.
- the typical expansion plate has an arrangement of suture holes 18, 18A and/or tissue hooks 20 to permit the surgeon to fasten the suture plate to the skin.
- the function of the foam cushion component of the suture plate is to provide a soft surface for contact with the skin and to prevent necrosis of skin during the external tissue expansion process.
- the foam cushion is extends past the width of stainless steel plate 14 on the edge facing the mating expansion plate. When the physician fastens the suture plate to skin, the foam cushion is compressed and the foam cushion covers sharp edges of the stainless steel plate thereby preventing damage to skin during the stretching process.
- the stainless steel component of the suture plate provides the strength of the laminated suture plate. It is of a thickness, ductility and hardness that permits the surgeon to easily bend the plate to conform to the topography of the patient where the suture plates are secured to the patient and to retain this preset shape. It is of a width that allows minimum deflection during the pre-stretching tissue expansion procedure .
- tissue hooks 20 Attached to the suture plates are a number of tissue hooks 20 for use where there is a requirement for a significant amount of subcutaneous adipose tissue (breast reconstruction) .
- the tissue hooks 20 are stainless steel wire about 0.036 inches in diameter, long and angled at the end 22 to grasp tissue and have sharpened points 24 for easy penetration into tissue.
- a housing 24 On each end of each stainless steel plate there is attached a housing 24 that contains a constant force spring 26 such as the Negator ® type springs.
- the constant force spring 26 is placed over an internal post 28 inside the housing 24 and protrudes from the housing.
- the clearances between the steel post, the opening in the housing for the protruding constant force spring and the constant force spring are of a magnitude to insure at least a 20 degree lateral movement of the constant force spring to accommodate misalignment of suture plates when they are attached to the patient .
- On each end of the constant force spring is attached a hook 30.
- the Ger-Oddsen external tissue expander allows the physician to pre-stretch skin and subcutaneous tissue prior to the removal of a defect or prior to insertion of an implantable prosthesis. It also allows the surgeon to create a mound of tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue at a specific location.
- the Ger-Oddsen external tissue expander is simple to use. The surgeon positions the suture plates near the defect to be corrected, bends the suture plates to conform to the topography of the area and fastens the two plates to the skin leaving an opening between the two suture plates for the tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue to accumulate. The surgeon then pulls the hooks at the end of the spring from one suture plate and inserts them into the holes of the housing on the other suture plate.
- the constant force springs applies a continuous, sustained low grade force of constant magnitude which pulls the suture plates together.
- the suture plates automatically approach each other over a time period, and as the suture plates approach each other they direct the additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue into the space between the suture plates. After a time period of a few days the surgeon evaluates the patient to determine when enough additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue is obtained to correct the defect.
- pressure and volume of the internal tissue expander is incrementally increased by injections of saline into the internal tissue expander over weekly time periods to create additional new skin.
- the internal tissue expander is replaced with a definitive prosthesis.
- the time between the insertion of the expander and a permanent implant can vary from many weeks to some months .
- Operative time of breast reconstruction using prostheses is about 1 hour. This procedure gives the best results in small and medium sized slight photic breast and an implant prosthesis of about 300cc.
- Reconstruction with implants is often chosen by patients because of the decreased hospitalization, operating time and skin incisions. Tissue expanders cannot be used in cases of thin tight skin or in patients where a larger breast (over 300cc) is required. In cases where additional skin is required after radical mastectomy or cases where there is thin tight skin, a surgical flap procedure is recommended.
- the other type of surgical procedure available for breast reconstruction is the use of the patient's own body tissue by means of a flap procedure to create a breast mound.
- TRAM transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap which obtains a sufficient amount of tissue to permit breast reconstruction without the use of any prosthesis.
- the operative time using TRAM flap varies from 2 to 4 hours (mean 3.1 hours) with a postoperative stay of 11.2 days (range 6-18 days) and a 4-6 week convalescence.
- the selection of a patient suitable for a flap procedure depends on many factors including the condition of the skin and muscles of the chest wall, breast size and availability of donor flap sites. Middle aged women with contralateral large and/or photic breast and redundant lower abdomen are the best candidates for the TRAM flap.
- the TRAM flap involves the use of a vertically oriented flap of rectus abdominus muscle and skin which is removed from the abdomen and tunneled under the remaining abdominal wall and rotated into the mastectomy defect.
- the overall complication rate has been reported to be 16-18%. Obesity increases the complication rate.
- Patients who had previous abdominal surgery are not ideal candidates for TRAM flaps.
- Smoking predisposes a patient to flap necrosis and is a contraindication to surgeons in many centers.
- Flap procedures involve new surgical scars and the problem of trying to match donor skin-color characteristics. The procedure involves a substantial loss of blood, significant postoperative pain and longer confinement with respect to other reconstructive techniques and a longer length of time for the surgical procedure.
- TRAM flaps Complications with the use of TRAM flaps include flap necrosis, liponecrosis, abdominal skin necrosis, abdominal herniation, seroma and infection. Hernia or abdominal laxity occurred in 4% of TRAM flap procedures.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for breast reconstruction can utilize the tissue expansion devices as disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos . 5,618,310 and 5,507,775 which are incorporated herein by reference.
- One of the geometric shapes of the suture plates for male pattern baldness (Fig. 8) is a convex curve 30. This geometric shape is for male baldness patterns that are round or slightly oblong.
- the convex shape brings up more skin with hair follicles into the center of male pattern baldness area than to the ends of the defect .
- Another geometric shape for male pattern baldness shape defines a fairly straight edge for moving tissue into a receding hair line. This geometric shape can be utilized for pre- stretching skin prior to the removal of a nevus, hypertrophic scar, keloid or any surgical area that requires tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue prior to removal of a defect .
- the suture plates 14 for breast reconstruction Figure lb, lc are of a curved geometric shape to approximately conform to the circumference of the definitive implantable prosthesis, contralateral breast or breast shape desired by the patient .
- Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is achieved as follows. Prior to closure of the mastectomy defect, a silastic plate can be placed subcutaneously in region B of Fig. lb to prevent the development of adhesions during the external tissue expansion process. The mastectomy incision is sutured closed and the surgeon positions the two suture plates, one above the prospective location of the implantable prosthesis or breast mound and the other below the prospective location of the implantable prosthesis or breast mound.
- the surgeon manually bends the suture plates to conform to the topography of the area and fastens the suture plates to the skin by sutures through suture holes 18 or by hooks 20. These hooks are about one inch long.
- the surgeon then inserts the hooks 30 from one suture plate into the holes of the housing of the other suture plate.
- the suture plates as pulled by the springs apply the spring of a continuous, sustained low grade force of constant magnitude which pulls the suture plates together, and over a time period the suture plates approach each other.
- additional skin and subcutaneous tissue is stretched and expanded from region A (Fig. lb) and accumulates in region B and the healing of the mastectomy incision occurs in the tension free skin in region B.
- the breast mound can be shaped into a breast using existing techniques to add additional adipose tissue (if required) by recruiting adipose tissue through liposuction, treating this adipose tissue and reinjecting this treated adipose tissue into the breast mound to shape the breast mound into a breast. This procedure is similar for breast augmentation.
- tissue expansion device of U.S. Patent Nos . 5,618,310 and/or 5,507,775
- one tissue hook of the device is inserted as deep as possible at the inferior mammary fold and the other tissue hook as far superiorly as possible.
- Four devices are used per breast. Each device applies a continuous, sustained low grade force of constant magnitude to stretch and expand nearby skin and subcutaneous tissue. The devices are secured to the patient and left in place for 2 to 3 days at which time the devices are reapplied to gather additional tissue for another 2 to 3 days.
- the breast mound can be shaped into a breast using existing techniques to add additional adipose tissue (if required) by recruiting adipose tissue through liposuction, treating this adipose tissue and reinjecting this treated adipose tissue into the breast mound to shape the breast mound into a breast .
- the forces of the internal tissue expander are outward tending to open the sutured mastectomy incision therefore requiring more a time for the sutured incision to heal.
- the forces of the external tissue expander are inward which allows the sutured mastectomy incision to heal in a tension free environment and tissue expansion can begin immediately.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure the time to obtain tension free skin to cover a prosthesis is reduced from months to days .
- the abundant amount of skin obtained from the external tissue expansion device permits the implantation of a larger definitive prosthesis (over 300cc) . In many instances for patients with thin tight skin or after radical mastectomy the Ger-Oddsen procedure eliminates the need for a surgical flap procedure.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for small breasted women permits breast reconstruction without the use of any prosthesis, whereby a surgeon expands a breast mound of the patient's own body tissue at a specific location consisting of tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue and shapes this breast mound into a breast using existing technologies for recruitment and transfer of adipose tissue.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure eliminates the complications of surgical procedures used to create a breast mound such as the TRAM procedure.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure is a minor out- patient surgical procedure with minimal pain, quick recovery and no unsightly surgical scars.
- the new procedure of this invention can be readily used to reduce or eliminate male pattern baldness.
- a common surgical procedure to repair male pattern baldness consists of relocating groups of hair strand called plugs (graft size 3mm of about 12 hairs), mini grafts (graft sizel.5 mm of about 6 hairs.) or micro-grafts (single to two hairs) to the male pattern baldness site.
- plugs graft size 3mm of about 12 hairs
- mini grafts graft sizel.5 mm of about 6 hairs.
- micro-grafts single to two hairs
- Single hair transplanting can involve mega sessions of 1,000 hairs with each hair being transplanted individually and the more hairs transplanted the greater the expense of the procedure.
- the transplantation process usually requires multiple sessions over an 8 to 12 month period, and the hair transplants do not begin to grow hair until 12 weeks after transplantation. There is significant time lost from normal activities and some pain associated with these procedures . In some instances there is scarring and discoloration in the transplanted area that remains long after the transplanted area has fully healed.
- Of great concern to the hair restoration surgeon is the loss of irreplaceable donor site hair. Hair harvesting techniques at the donor site results in a (5 to 10 % loss) , and survival of the transplanted hair at the recipient site results in a (5 to 10% loss) .
- scalp reduction procedures were developed to decrease the amount of the baldness area prior to hair transplantation.
- the classic scalp reduction consists of sequential procedures over a time period of many months in which a portion of the scalp are sequentially removed, the remaining portion is stretched and then sutured closed. Skin that has been acutely stretched is under tension and when it is sutured closed tends to stretch back to its original position. Therefore, despite removal of all midscalp bald areas often a significant bald area remained to due the phenomenon of stretchback which limited the use of this procedure.
- the utilization of an internal tissue expander is a multi-stage procedure where first it is surgically placed under the scalp. There is a time period for the scalp incision to heal , then the expander is inflated over a time period, the expander is surgical removed, the expanded bald area of the scalp is excised and the elevated donor site hair is sutured to the scalp. Patient acceptance of this procedure is limited due to the length of time to expand skin (3 to 4 months) and the visual deformity of the expanded implant on the patients' scalp during the expansion process.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for male pattern baldness utilizes the general concept from the external tissue expansion devices of U.S. Patent Nos .
- One geometric shape of the suture plates for male pattern baldness is a convex curve as seen in the above- referenced Figures for male baldness patterns that are round or slightly oblong.
- the convex shape brings up more skin with hair follicles into the center of male pattern baldness area than to the ends of the defect .
- Another geometric shape seen in Fig. 12 defines fairly straight facing edges for moving tissue into a receding hair line male pattern baldness pattern.
- the Ger Oddsen procedure for male pattern baldness consists of the surgeon positioning the suture plates of the external tissue expansion device next to and on each side of the male pattern baldness defect and manually bending the suture plates to conform to the topography of the scalp. The surgeon fastens the suture plates into adipose tissue of donor site hair region A (Fig.
- the expansion devices may be sutured to the patient's scalp or the downward extending hooks may be inserted into donor site 15 and into adipose tissue.
- the devices apply a continuous, sustained low grade force of constant magnitude and slowly recruits tension free donor site hair towards the balding area.
- the devices are secured to the patient and left in place for 2 to 3 days at which time the devices are reapplied to elevate donor site hair and gather additional tissue for another 2 to 3 days. In approximately 4 to 6 days a mound of tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue of bald skin and donor site hair is accumulated between the tissue hooks of the devices.
- the surgeon excises the mound of bald area required by the hair restoration procedure and sutures the elevated tension free tissue containing donor hair in place.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for male pattern baldness eliminates the stretchback typical of scalp reduction procedures, since the elevated donor site hair is tension free due to the low grade sustained continuous force of constant magnitude applied by the devices to the scalp for a few days. This allows the fibroelastic bundles of the transposed donor site to reattach themselves at their new elevated location in a tension free environment and no stretchback will occur.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for male pattern baldness eliminates the limitations of internal tissue expanders, by applying an external continuous force of generally constant magnitude slowly over a time period to regions of bald areas and donor site hair. It creates a tension free zone for a scalp reduction procedure in a few days versus the many months of visual deformity of the expanded implant on the patients' scalp required for internal expanders.
- nevi hypertrophic scars and keloids
- Congenital nevi birthmarks
- These nevi are surgically removed for cosmetic appearance when they are located in facial areas or any exposed surfaces that can be seen by the public.
- Large nevi are difficult to remove because of the size of the nevus or when located in areas of limited skin elasticity (elbow, arm, knee, leg, etc.) particularly in younger people.
- Removal of a nevus on the facial area is restricted due to distortions of facial features that can occur after the nevus is removed.
- the present method for removal of a large nevus requires two or three surgical procedures . In the first surgical procedure a partial portion of the nevus is excised and the wound is closed by suture. After time period for the wound to heal 2 to 4 months, a second surgical procedure is performed to remove another portion of the nevus . This process continues until the nevus is removed.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for removal of a nevus, hypertrophic scars or keloids can utilize the external tissue expansion devices of U.S. Patent Nos . 5,618,310 and 5,507,775.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure for removal of a nevus utilizing the new external tissue expansion device is as follows. A few days prior to surgery for removal of the nevus the surgeon positions the suture plates of the external tissue expansion device on either side of the nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid and manually bending the suture plates to conform to the topography of the area. The surgeon fastens the suture plates to the skin and inserts the hooks from the springs of one suture plate into the holes of the housing of the other suture plate.
- the suture plates apply a continuous, sustained low grade force of constant magnitude to the edges of the nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid, and over a time period the suture plates approach each other.
- an abundant amount of tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue is obtained from the external tissue expansion device between the suture plates .
- the surgeon removes the suture plates at the time of surgery and is able to excise the entire nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid and close the wound with the additional tension free skin and subcutaneous tissue.
- one tissue hook of the device is inserted into one edge of the nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid and into adipose tissue and the other tissue hook inserted edge of the nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid and into adipose tissue on the opposite side of the nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid.
- the devices applies a continuous, sustained low grade force of constant magnitude to the edges of the nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid.
- the devices are secured to the patient and left in place for 2 to 3 days at which time the devices are reapplied to gather additional tissue for another 2 to 3 days.
- the Ger-Oddsen procedure removes a nevus, hypertrophic scars or keloids with no distortion of surrounding features by utilizing the additional tension- free skin and subcutaneous tissue obtained from the external tissue expansion process.
- the time required to remove a large nevus, hypertrophic scar or keloid is reduced from several months to days and the multiple surgical procedures previously required is reduced to one.
- Typical time periods for application of the tissue expansion plates are about 4-7 days for breast reconstruction, about 4-12 days for male pattern baldness, and about 4 days for nevi removal. These time periods include re-setting the expansion plates about every two days to expand more skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue.
- the closed wound heals in a tension- free environment which is particularly important for hypertrophic scars or keloids since it has been found that one of the factors for initiation of a keloid or hypertrophic scar is tension.
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