"Reversed" latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap for closure of large bronchopleural fistula.
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.
Yanagihara
K
K
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan.
Wada
H
H
Yokomise
H
H
Inui
K
K
Suzuki
Y
Y
Hitomi
S
S
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