[Intrathoracic transposition of the muscle flap of the trapezius and rhomboideus in treating empyema].
Intrathoracic transposition of the muscle flaps of the trapezius and rhomboideus was performed simultaneously with an open-drainage thoracotomy in a 66-year-old male with empyema. These muscle flaps obliterated the upper empyema cavity and subsequently made it easier for obliteration the remaining lower empyema cavity. The muscle flaps of the trapezius and rhomboideus are useful in obliteration the upper empyema cavity.
Nomori
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Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Horio
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Hasegawa
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Kobayashi
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D000368:Aged; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013908:Thoracotomy