Chest wall reconstruction using abdominal rectus and latissimus dorsi muscle flaps: case report
| Autor: | Salustiano Gomes de Pinho Pessoa, Vitor de Vasconcellos Muniz, Artur de Vasconcellos Muniz, Paulo Roberto Araújo Barreto, Rafael Jorge Alves de Alcântara, Juliana Régia Furtado Matos |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, Vol 31, Iss 01, Pp 129-132 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1983-5175 2177-1235 |
| DOI: | 10.5935/2177-1235.2016RBCP0020 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Chest wall reconstruction remains one of the great plastic surgery repair challenges. The present work aims to report on cases of chest wall reconstruction using myocutaneous flaps after wall resection due to tumor/osteomyelitis. METHODS: Four patients were included, among which three presented with osteomyelitis and the other presented with sarcoma; both of these conditions affected the chest wall. Each patient underwent wall resection and reconstruction using myocutaneous flaps from the latissimus dorsi (two cases) and abdominal rectus (two cases). RESULTS: The flaps used were sufficient for skin-muscle covering and maintained good vitality. Partial flap injury occurred in one case. Chest cavity stability was preserved. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the above flaps to repair chest defects was satisfactory with the aim of covering the skin and providing well-vascularized muscles, the latter of which was fundamental to preventing local infection. |
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