title: "Reversed" latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap for closure of large bronchopleural fistula.
abstract: The patient was a 54-year-old male with diabetes mellitus and liver abscess perforating into the right lung through the diaphragm. 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 performed with a "reversed" latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokomise
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hitomi
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013524:Surgical Flaps