[Anterior chest wall reconstruction with myocutaneous flap after open drainage for infectious bulla and empyema following T4 lung cancer resection via anterior approach].
A 48-year-old man with T4 lung cancer underwent resection of the right upper lobe, chest wall, and superior vena cava, and reconstruction of the last 2 tissues via anterior approach after induction chemo-radiotherapy. However, a bulla in the apical segment of the lower lobe divided by stapling was infected after the operation, and open drainage through the anterior chest wall was mandatory due to massive air leak and spread of infection to the pleural space. As the incision were fortunately restricted in the anterior chest, he could undergo successful reconstruction of a full-thickness defect of the anterior chest wall using a serratus anterior muscle flap and a myocutaneous flap of lattissimus dorsi with minimum rib resection after 2 months. He has in regular work with a small limitation of raising the right upper extremitus these 7 years.
Itoi
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S
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Shizuoka City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Ozawa
Y
Y
Yoshimura
T
T
Ueno
T
T
Nakai
M
M
Hirata
T
T
Chihara
K
K
D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*