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Pleural Partition With Intrathoracic Muscle Transposition (Muscle Tent) To Manage Residual Spaces After Subtotal Pulmonary Resections  Gaetano Rocco,

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1 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: /j.athoracsur

2 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  , e74-e76DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

3 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  , e74-e76DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )

4 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  , e74-e76DOI: ( /j.athoracsur )


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