VanderKolk C A, Adson M H, Stevenson T R
Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 1988 Mar;81(3):454-6. doi: 10.1097/00006534-198803000-00025.
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.