Repair of the diaphragm with an external oblique muscle flap.
The technique for repair of large defects in the diaphragm by the use of an ipsilateral or contralateral flap from the external oblique abdominal muscle was successfully used during five hepatic resections and has been described herein.
Department of Surgery, National Matsudo Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Y
Y
Shimamura
P
P
Gunvén
M
M
Ishii
H
H
Taniguchi
S
S
Kitai
Y
Y
Endo
K
K
Okajima
Y
Y
Shima
S
S
Sugai
A
A
Takahashi
D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps