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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 45(5): 256-258
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1013741
Case Report

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”Reversed” Latissimus Dorsi Musculocutaneous Flap for Closure of Large Bronchopleural Fistula

K. Yanagihara1 , H. Wada1 , H. Yokomise1 , K. Inui1 , Y. Suzuki2 , S. Hitomi1
  • 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Research Institute
  • 2Department of Plastic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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1997

Publication Date:
19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

The patient was a 54-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and liver abscess perforating into the right lung through the dia-phragm. After right lower lobectomy of the lung, S3-segmentectomy of the liver, and debridement of the subdiaphragmatic abscess a bronchopleural fistula appeared. After open-drainage thoractomy, secondary Operation for closure of a large bronchopleural fistula and obliteration of the empyema cavities was per-formed with a “reversed” latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap.

Key words

Postoperative empyema - Myoplasty - Reversed latissimus dorsi - Musculocutaneous flap