[Thoracic wall defect reconstruction and dead space obliteration with an intra-/extrathoracic free flap].
Presented is the case of a 61-year-old male patient with a chronic thoracic wall defect, including a bronchopleural fistula, after multiple resections of a desmoid tumor. After partial lung resection to remove the bronchopleural fistula, dead space was partially obliterated and the thoracic wall reconstructed with a free combined intra- and extrathoracic rectus abdominis muscle flap.
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Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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D'Amico
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Levin
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D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012086:Reoperation; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed