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Modified Thoracoplasty Using a Breast Implant to Obliterate an Infected Pleural Space: An Alternative to Traditional Thoracoplasty  Habib Khan, MBBS,

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1 Modified Thoracoplasty Using a Breast Implant to Obliterate an Infected Pleural Space: An Alternative to Traditional Thoracoplasty  Habib Khan, MBBS, MRCS, Edwin Woo, MB ChB, MD, Aiman Alzetani, FRCS (CTh)  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 99, Issue 4, Pages (April 2015) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) Preoperative chest radiograph (white arrow) and (B) computed tomography scan (black arrow) of the chest showing distorted right upper lung caused by Aspergillus infection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 (A) Stripping of periosteum second to fifth ribs. (B) Development of intercostal muscle and underlying intact parietal pleura as 1 sheet. (C) A breast implant. (D) A fully inflated breast implant between the denuded ribs and the intercostal muscle flap. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 (A) Postoperative chest radiograph showing breast implant in the right chest (white arrow). (B) Postoperative picture showing symmetry of the chest wall and a successfully healed wound. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

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