Successful management of a small infant born with a large meningomyelocele using a temporary artificial dermis

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.

• Meningomyelocele
• artificial dermis
• latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap