Large chest wall reconstruction using titanium micromesh and a pedicled latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-75

  Horio, Hirotoshi ^a,b   Ohtsuka, Takashi ^a   Kubota, Yoshiaki ^a   Hasegawa, Tokio ^a   Nomori, Hiroaki ^a   Naruke, Tsuguo ^a   Suemasu, Keiichi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest wall reconstruction; Chest wall resection; Titanium micromesh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FISTULA; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LUNG FISTULA; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; SKIN FISTULA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

TITANIUM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; THORACIC SURGERY; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644381138     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2868-4     Document Type: Article

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