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The reverse latissimus dorsi muscle flap for closure of meningomyelocele
C A VanderKolk1, M H Adson, T R Stevenson
1Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
Closure of the meningomyelocele wound requires stable coverage of the dural repair. In the case presented, multiple conventional attempts at reconstruction failed. A modification of the "reverse" latissimus dorsi flap is presented that successfully managed this low lumbar defect.