Patients with large burns should be treated according to general principles for intensive medical care, preferably in units with special experience in treatment of burns.
A 17-year-old man was severely injured including a fractured pelvis and a degloving injury to the lumbar, sacral, and gluteal regions. After multiple revisions, a 6 x 7 cm wide x 10 cm deep defect in the sacral area was successfully treated by transfer of a reversed turnover latissimus dorsi muscle flap. He is now fully mobilised three years later.
Bjørn E. Rosenberg (f. 1969) er spesialist i plastikkirurgi og leder av Norsk forening for estetisk plastikkirurgi Forfatter har fylt ut ICMJE-skjemaet og oppgir ingen interessekonflikter. NILS-HALVDAN MORKEN Nils-Halvdan Morken (f. 1969) er spesialist i fødselshjelp og kvinnesykdommer og vitenskapelig sekretaer i Norsk gynekologisk forening. Forfatter har fylt ut ICMJE-skjemaet og oppgir ingen interessekonflikter.
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