Free Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous Flap for Chronic Postoperative Empyema Lei Jiang, MD, Ge-ning Jiang, MD, Wen-xin He, MD, Jiang Fan, MD, Yi-ming.

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Free Rectus Abdominis Musculocutaneous Flap for Chronic Postoperative Empyema Lei Jiang, MD, Ge-ning Jiang, MD, Wen-xin He, MD, Jiang Fan, MD, Yi-ming Zhou, MD, Wen Gao, MD, Jia-an Ding, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 6, Pages 2147-2149 (June 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.061 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 (A) Preoperative chest computed tomography scan showed a huge defect in the right upper thorax after an open-window thoracic procedure. (B) After 5 months of dressing changes, healthy granulation tissue appeared in the residual cavity of the right chest. (C) One month after operation, a chest computed tomography scan showed the dead space had been definitely filled with muscular flap, and the defect of chest wall been closed as well. (D) Photograph shows the chest wound had healed, flap survived well, and a little difference in color between skin island and surrounding skin is noted. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 2147-2149DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.061) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions