Biodegradable temporising matrix in severe meningococcal septicaemia: a case report
Author(s) -
Matthew Jennings,
Jake Willet,
Patrick Coghlan,
Nicholas S. Solanki,
John E. Greenwood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australasian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2209-170X
DOI - 10.34239/ajops.v4n1.226
Subject(s) - septic shock , disseminated intravascular coagulation , medicine , intensive care medicine , soft tissue , shock (circulatory) , port (circuit theory) , bone matrix , surgery , sepsis , radiology , engineering , anatomy , mechanical engineering , cartilage
Expanding experience with NovoSorb Biodegradable Temporising Matrix™ (BTM, PolyNovo Biomaterials Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) for complex wounds encouraged its use in the following case, which required reconstruction of extensive soft-tissue defects with exposed bone resulting from the sequelae of meningococcal B infection with septic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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