title: Diaphragm reconstruction with autologous fascia lata: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
mesh_terms: 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