The prepuce as a donor site for reconstruction of an extravasation injury to the foot in a newborn.
Extravasation injury is a common event in pediatric intensive-care units. This is the first report of successful utilization of the prepuce as a skin graft to reconstruct a full thickness skin necrosis due to a phenobarbital extravasation to the forefoot of a newborn.
Schäfer
Tobias
T
Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Kukies
Sebastian
S
Stokes
Tracey H
TH
Levin
L Scott
LS
Donatucci
Craig F
CF
Erdmann
Detlev
D
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D010413:Penis / Q000601:surgery; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010634:Phenobarbital