Latissimus dorsi reverse flap to substitute the diaphragm after extrapleural pneumonectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 986-988

  Bedini, Amedeo V ^a   Andreani, Stefano M ^a   Muscolino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CHONDROSARCOMA; DIAPHRAGM; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0034057011     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01555-6     Document Type: Article

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