Harvest technique for pedicled transposition of latissimus dorsi muscle: an old trade revisited

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 928-930

  Abolhoda, Amir ^a   Wirth, Garrett A ^a   Bui, Trung D ^a   Milliken, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvest technique; Latissimus dorsi muscle flap; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PLEURA EMPYEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLEURAL DISEASES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 41949098621     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.01.040     Document Type: Article

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