Successful management of a small infant born with a large meningomyelocele using a temporary artificial dermis.
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.
Nakazawa
Hiroaki
H
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. nakazawa@prs.twmu.ac.jp
Kikuchi
Yuji
Y
Honda
Takashi
T
Isago
Tsukasa
T
Nozaki
Motohiro
M
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