Treatment of empyema by transposition of contralateral lower trapezius flap.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report the successful treatment of bronchopleural fistula and empyema using transposition of a contralateral lower trapezius musclocutaneous flap, which provided immediate obliteration of the middle-back empyema cavity. This technique is easy to perform without any intraoperative change of position and with little postoperative impairment of the back and shoulder movement.
Medical subject headings
- Empyema, Pleural
- Surgical Flaps