Extended latissimus dorsi chimeric thoracoplasty with a vascular supercharge for Aspergillus empyema.

Extended latissimus dorsi chimeric thoracoplasty with a vascular supercharge for Aspergillus empyema.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2019 Nov 20;:

Authors: Shimomura M, Sowa Y, Yamochi R, Inoue M

Abstract
The latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior muscles are available for reconstruction coverage of thoracic defects. We performed extended latissimus dorsi-serratus anterior chimeric thoraco-myoplasty with a vascular supercharge to maintain sufficient blood supply to the flaps because of a deficiency in the distal blood flow to the flap revealed by an intravenous injection of indocyanine green and simultaneous endobronchial embolization for refractory Aspergillus empyema.

PMID: 31746990 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

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