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A Neonatal Mouse Spinal Cord Compression Injury Model
Published on: March 27, 2016
Successful management of a small infant born with a large meningomyelocele using a temporary artificial dermis
Hiroaki Nakazawa1, Yuji Kikuchi, Takashi Honda
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. nakazawa@prs.twmu.ac.jp
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.
