title: Conservative treatment of a patient with epidermolysis bullosa presenting as bart syndrome: a case report.
abstract: We presented a case of a newborn male with aplasia cutis congenita on the lower limb. The case was treated with conservative method. As for the conservative treatment, daily hydrodebridement with 1/200 diluted povidone-iodine and serum physiologic was performed, followed by closure of the wound with a dexpanthenol + chlorhexidine + fusidic acid-impregnated sterile gauze bandage. the followup that occured after three weeks, the wound was completely epithelialized, but a hypopigmented scar remained in the limb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dicle Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Samet Vasfi
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kuvat
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bozkurt