Diaphragm reconstruction with autologous fascia lata: report of a case.
When the diaphragm is excised so widely that the defect cannot be closed directly during an operation on either thoracic or epigastric tumors, a reconstruction of the defect is necessary. We used harvested autologous fascia lata to reconstruct the diaphragm in a patient undergoing a pleuropneumonectomy with a partial diaphragmatic resection for malignant mesothelioma.
Kageyama
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First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
Suzuki
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Matsushita
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Takahashi
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Kazui
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D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016378:Tissue Transplantation; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome