Affiliation:
1. Steven M. Levine is a chief resident, Derek D. Reformat is a resident, and Charles H. Thorne is an associate professor of plastic surgery at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
Abstract
Aplasia cutis congenita, a rare congenital disorder involving defects of some or all of the layers of the cranium, is associated with potential life-threatening complications. Although treatment involves both nonsurgical and surgical techniques, the importance of perioperative management cannot be overstressed. A multidisciplinary team, including personnel from nursing, neonatology, pediatrics, radiology, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery services, diagnosed aplasia cutis congenita and planned local wound care, surgical correction, and prevention of potentially life-threatening complications in a 1-day-old boy with a 6×5-cm full-thickness scalp defect.
Subject
Critical Care,General Medicine