title: Successful management of a small infant born with a large meningomyelocele using a temporary artificial dermis.
abstract: A boy with a large meningomyelocele was born at 29 weeks' gestation. An artificial dermis was applied to the meningomyelocele six hours after birth. Four months later he had grown well, and the meningocele was reconstructed with a bilateral latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. nakazawa@prs.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isago
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
mesh_terms: D020405:Dermis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D013524:Surgical Flaps