1. A novel technique for the reconstruction of infected full-thickness chest wall defects 
Wassim Raffoul, MD, Michael Dusmet, MD, Michel Landry, MD, Hans-Beat Ris, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages (November 2001)
DOI: /S (01)

2. Fig 1
Planning of incision for harvesting the flap (patient 2). (1 = scapula; 2 = skin flap; 3 = iliac crest; 4 = spine; 5 = thoracolumbar fascia.)
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3. Fig 2
The harvested flap including the thoracodorsal fascia (patient 2). (1 = scapula; 2 = skin flap; 3 = iliac crest; 4 = the latissimus dorsi muscle; 5 = the thoracolumbar fascia.)
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4. Fig 3
The planned full-thickness resection of an infected, irradiated segment of the chest wall in patient 2.
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5. Fig 4
Reconstruction of the chest wall defect by suturing the fascia to the edges of the skeletal defect (patient 2). (1 = base of the neck; 2 = lower extent of the previous sternotomy incision; 3 = thoracolumbar fascia; 4 = latissimus dorsi muscle.)
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6. Fig 5
Cinemagnetic resonance imaging with coronal sections through the reconstructed chest wall of patient 2 during inspiration and expiration demonstrating concordant chest wall motion and the absence of paradoxical motion during respiration. This figure shows the superposition of the images acquired dynamically during forced inspiration and expiration.
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