Treatment of Mediastinitis: Early Modified Robicsek Closure and Pectoralis Major Advancement Flaps Ahmed El Gamel, Nizar A Yonan, Rageb Hassan, Mark T Jones, Colin S Campbell, Abdul K Deiraniya, Robert A.M Lawson The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages 41-46 (January 1998) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01063-1
Fig. 1 The vascular arcade supplying the pectoralis major muscle. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 65, 41-46DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01063-1)
Fig. 2 Modified Robiseck closure. Notice that the vertical weave is only done one way and the ends used as a pulley to approximate the sternum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 65, 41-46DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01063-1)
Fig. 3 Pectoralis major advancement flaps sutured in the midline, covering the sternum. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998 65, 41-46DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(97)01063-1)