Free deepithelialized anterolateral thigh myocutaneous flaps for chronic intractable empyema with bronchopleural fistula

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1038-1042

  Tsai, Feng Chou ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a   Chen, Samuel Huan Tang ^a   Coessens, Bruno ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^a   Wu, Yi Cheng ^a   Lin, Ping Chang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CHONDRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH;

EID: 0036796229     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03851-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Delarue NC. Empyema: principles of management-an old problem revisited. In: Deslauriers J, Lacquet LK (eds). International trends in general thoracic surgery, vol 6. St Louis: Mosby, 1990:178-80.
2. Clagett OT, Geraci JE. A procedure for the management of postpneumonectomy empyema. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1963;45:141-4.
3. Chen HC, Tang YB, Noordhoff SM, et al. Microvascular free muscle flaps for chronic empyema with bronchopleural fistula when the major local muscles have been divided: one stage operation with primary wound closure. Ann Plast Surg 1990;24:510-16.
4. Chen HC, Santamaria E, Chen HH, et al. Microvascular vastus lateralis muscle flap for chronic empyema associated with a large cavity. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:866-9.
5. Hammond DC. Intrathoracic free flap. Plast Reconstr Surg 1993;91:1259-64.
6. Song YG, Chen GZ, Song YL, et al. The free thigh flap: a new free flap concept based on the septocutaneous artery. Br J Plast Surg 1984;37:149-159.
7. Koshima I, Yamamoto H, Hosoda M. Free combined composite flaps using the lateral circumflex femoral system for repair of massive defects of the head and neck regions: an introduction to the chimeric flap principle. Plast Reconstr Surg 1993;92:411-20.
8. Koshima I, Fukuda H, Yamamoto H. Free anterolateral thigh flaps for reconstruction of head and neck defects. Plast Reconstr Surg 1993;92:421-8.
9. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S. Versatility of the free anterolateral thigh flap for reconstruction of head and neck defects. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997;123:1325-31.
10. Kimata Y, Uchiyama K, Ebihara S, et al. Anatomic variations and technical problems of the anterolateral thigh flap: a report of 74 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:1517-23.
11. Robinson S. The treatment of chronic non-tuberculous empyema. Collect Pap Mayo Clin 1915;7:618-21.
12. Robinson S. The treatment of chronic non-tuberculous empyema. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1916;22:557-60.
13. Eloesser L. An operation for tuberculous empyema. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1935;60:1096-8.
14. Puskas JD, Mathisen DJ, Grillo HC, et al. Treatment strategies for bronchopleural fistula. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995;109:989-95.
15. Pairolero PC, Trastek VF. Surgical management of chronic empyema: the role of thoracoplasty. Ann Thorac Surg 1990; 50:689-90.
16. Pairolero PC, Arnold PG, et al. Intrathoracic transfer of flaps for fistulas, exposed prosthetic devices, and reinforcement of suture lines. Surg Clinic North Am 1989;69:1047-59.
17. Mathes SJ, Feng LJ, Hunt TK, et al. Coverage of the infective wound. Ann Surg 1983;198:420-9.
18. Johnson WC. Postoperative ventilatory performances: dependence upon surgical incisions. Ann Surg 1975;41:615-9.
19. Pecora DV. Predictability of effects of abdominal and thoracic surgery upon pulmonary function. Ann Surg 1969;170:101-8.