Treatment of massive thoracolumbar wounds and vertebral osteomyelitis following scoliosis surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 206-213

  Mitra, Avir ^b   Mitra, Amit ^a   Harlin, Stephen ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; MYELODYSPLASIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL WOUND; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE SCREW; CHILD; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; VERTEBRA; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SCOLIOSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1242309468     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000097440.15013.5C     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Kostuik, J. P. Operative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. J. Bone Joint Surg. (Am.) 72: 1108, 1990.
2. Knapp, D. R., Jr., and Jones, E. T. Use of cortical cancellous allograft for posterior spinal fusion. Clin. Orthop. 229: 99, 1988.
3. Renshaw, T. S. The role of Harrington instrumentation and posterior spine fusion in the management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Orthop. Clin. North Am. 19: 257, 1988.
4. Lonstein, J., Winter, R., and Moe, J. Wound infection with Harrington instrumentation and spine fusion for scoliosis. Clin. Orthop. 96: 222, 1973.
5. Moe, J. H. Complications of scoliosis treatment. Clin. Orthop. 53: 21, 1967.
6. Desprez, J. D., Kiehn, C. L., and Eckstein, W. Closure of large meningomyelocele defects by composite skin-muscle flaps. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 47: 234, 1971.
7. Riseborough, E. J., and Herndon, J. H. Scoliosis and Other Deformities of the Axial Skeleton. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975.
8. Gristina, A. G., Naylor, P. T., and Myrvik, Q. N. Mechanisms of musculoskeletal sepsis. Orthop. Clin. North Am. 22: 363, 1991.
9. Casas, L. A., and Lewis, V. L., Jr. A reliable approach to the closure of large acquired midline defects of the back. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 84: 632, 1989.
10. Yamamoto, N., Igota, S., Izaki, H., and Arai, K. "Reverse turnover" transfer of a latissimus dorsi muscle flap to a large lumbar defect. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 107: 1496, 2001.
11. Di Benedetto, G., Bertani, A., and Pallua, N. The free latissimus dorsi flap revisited: A primary option for coverage of wide recurrent lumbosacral defects. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 109: 1960, 2002.
12. Luce, E. A., and Walsh, J. Wound closure of the myelomeningocoele defect. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 75: 389, 1985.
13. McCraw, J. B., Penix, J. O., and Baker, J. W. Repair of major defects of the chest wall and spine with the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 62: 197, 1978.
14. Moore, T. S., Dreyer, T. M., and Bevin, A. G. Closure of large spina bifida cystica defects with bilateral bipedicled musculocutaneous flaps. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 73: 288, 1984.
15. Ramirez, O. M., Ramasastry, S. S., Granick, M. S., Pang, D., and Futrell, J. W. A new surgical approach to closure of large lumbosacral meningomyelocele defects. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 80: 799, 1987.
16. Wilhelmi, B. J., Snyder, N., Colquhoun, T., Hadjipavlou, A., and Phillips, L. G. Bipedicle paraspinous muscle flaps for spinal wound closure: An anatomic and clinical study. Plast Reconstr. Surg. 106: 1305, 2000.
17. Calderon, W., Chang, N., and Mathes, S. J. Comparison of the effect of bacterial inoculation in musculocutaneous and fasciocutaneous flaps. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 77: 785, 1986.
18. Stahl, R. S., Burstein, F. D., Lieponis J. V., Murphy, M. J., and Piepmeier, J. M. Extensive wounds of the spine: A comprehensive approach to debridement and reconstruction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 69: 815, 1982.