Closure of thoracolumbar myelomeningocele with a four muscle flap technique in the newborn.
We present a new surgical technique where skin closure was obtained in the treatment of a thoracolumbar myelomeningocele by mobilization of four muscle flaps, two reverse latissimus dorsi muscle flaps combined with the caudal portions of two trapezius muscle flaps.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae