The prepuce as a donor site for reconstruction of an extravasation injury to the foot in a newborn.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Extravasation injury is a common event in pediatric intensive-care units. This is the first report of successful utilization of the prepuce as a skin graft to reconstruct a full thickness skin necrosis due to a phenobarbital extravasation to the forefoot of a newborn.
Medical subject headings
- Anticonvulsants
- Foot Injuries
- Phenobarbital
- Skin
- Skin Transplantation