Case report demonstrates successful soft-tissue reconstruction over exposed bone in severe meningococcal septicaemia, highlighting the utility of biodegradable temporising matrices.
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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