Pleural Partition With Intrathoracic Muscle Transposition (Muscle Tent) To Manage Residual Spaces After Subtotal Pulmonary Resections Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCS (Ed), FECTS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 78, Issue 4, Pages e74-e76 (October 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.056
Fig 1 Diagrams representing (A) harvesting, (B) transposition, and (C) placement of the chest wall muscles to create a pleural partition (muscle tent). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, e74-e76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.056)
Fig 2 Postoperative radiographs and computed tomography scans demonstrating the evolution of the apical space (patient 1). (a) Seven days postoperatively; (b) immediately after reoperation and pleural partition; (c) at 1 month after partition; (d) 3-month follow-up radiogram; and (e) chest computed tomograms showing the organizing apical pleural space. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, e74-e76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.056)
Fig 3 Operative illustrations showing the harvesting of the serratus anterior and the latissimus dorsi muscles (left) and the subsequent creation of the muscle tent (right). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, e74-e76DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.056)