Treatment of recalcitrant air leaks: The combined latissimus dorsi-serratus anterior flap

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-192

  Woo, Evan ^a   Tan, Bien Keem ^a   Lim, Chong Hee ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intrathoracic; Muscle flap; Persistent air leak; Pneumothorax; Space problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LATISSIMUS DORSI SERRATUS ANTERIOR FLAP; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW LEAK; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST TUBES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249147545     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818a6609     Document Type: Article

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