title: Reappraisal of fascia lata grafts for reconstruction of chest wall defects.
abstract: Large chest wall defects require surgical reconstruction to ensure structural stability and to prevent flail chest. We used autologous fascia lata grafts to reconstruct skeletal chest wall defects in 8 consecutive patients. Sufficient chest wall stability was obtained; and no complications, such as flail chest, infection, or seroma, have been observed in any of the cases to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. murakawa-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakawa
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Katsuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*