For most patients, stretching of the soft-tissue mastectomy envelope is ... is accomplished by placement of an inflatable tissue expander beneath the chest wall muscle at the time of mastectomy.
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent 12,239,384 for Exactech’s Newton soft tissue balancing ...
Some of the most common implants have a soft silicone shell filled with saline (salt water ... But often the doctor will first place a tissue expander beneath the skin. Saline (or air) is added to the ...