Use of previously divided latissimus dorsi muscle for

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann · Jun 2015

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Use of previously divided latissimus dorsi muscle for bronchopleural fistula.

Management of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula remains a major challenge for thoracic surgeons. Successful closure of a postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula was performed in a 60-year-old man, using a flap made by a combination of serratus anterior and latissimus dorsi muscle which had been divided during the pneumonectomy operation. The flap was prepared on the presence of a dependable collateral serratus anterior branch to the lateral thoracic artery, which provides retrograde flow to the latissimus dorsi muscle.

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- Tevfik Kaplan, Basar Kaya, Baturay Kansu Kazbek, Bulent Kocer, Serdar Han, and Erdem Yormuk.
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey tevfikkaplan@yahoo.com.
- Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2015 Jun 1; 23 (5): 582-4.
AbstractManagement of postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula remains a major challenge for thoracic surgeons. Successful closure of a postpneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula was performed in a 60-year-old man, using a flap made by a combination of serratus anterior and latissimus dorsi muscle which had been divided during the pneumonectomy operation. The flap was prepared on the presence of a dependable collateral serratus anterior branch to the lateral thoracic artery, which provides retrograde flow to the latissimus dorsi muscle. © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.

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