Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report
We presented a case of a newborn male with aplasia cutis congenita on the lower limb. The case was treated with conservative method. As for the conservative treatment, daily hydrodebridement with 1/200 diluted povidone-iodine and serum physiologic was performed, followed by closure of the wound wit...
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| description | We presented a case of a newborn male with aplasia cutis congenita on the lower limb. The case was treated with conservative method. As for the conservative treatment, daily hydrodebridement with 1/200 diluted povidone-iodine and serum physiologic was performed, followed by closure of the wound with a dexpanthenol + chlorhexidine + fusidic acid-impregnated sterile gauze bandage. the followup that occured after three weeks, the wound was completely epithelialized, but a hypopigmented scar remained in the limb. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-081d19f894ba481da05ddcaaaeb88d462025-08-20T02:01:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/302345302345Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case ReportSamet Vasfi Kuvat0Mehmet Bozkurt1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dicle Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dicle Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, TurkeyWe presented a case of a newborn male with aplasia cutis congenita on the lower limb. The case was treated with conservative method. As for the conservative treatment, daily hydrodebridement with 1/200 diluted povidone-iodine and serum physiologic was performed, followed by closure of the wound with a dexpanthenol + chlorhexidine + fusidic acid-impregnated sterile gauze bandage. the followup that occured after three weeks, the wound was completely epithelialized, but a hypopigmented scar remained in the limb.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/302345 |
| spellingShingle | Samet Vasfi Kuvat Mehmet Bozkurt Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full | Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_short | Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report |
| title_sort | conservative treatment of a patient with epidermolysis bullosa presenting as bart syndrome a case report |
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