Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect

Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect

•We performed a subscapular muscle flap surgery to cover a chest wall defect.•No previous study has reported this technique for chest wall reconstruction.•The subscapular muscle flap technique can be conducted using the same incision as a lobectomy.•The subscapular muscle flap technique does not req...

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Main Authors: Sakai, Mitsuaki, Yamaoka, Masatoshi, Goto, Yukinobu, Sato, Yukio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430181/
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spelling pubmed-44301812015-05-15 Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect Sakai, Mitsuaki Yamaoka, Masatoshi Goto, Yukinobu Sato, Yukio Case Report •We performed a subscapular muscle flap surgery to cover a chest wall defect.•No previous study has reported this technique for chest wall reconstruction.•The subscapular muscle flap technique can be conducted using the same incision as a lobectomy.•The subscapular muscle flap technique does not require plastic surgery support.•During the technique, the lower third of the scapula needs to be excised. Elsevier 2015-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4430181/ /pubmed/25863995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.03.058 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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author Sakai, Mitsuaki
Yamaoka, Masatoshi
Goto, Yukinobu
Sato, Yukio
spellingShingle Sakai, Mitsuaki
Yamaoka, Masatoshi
Goto, Yukinobu
Sato, Yukio
Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
author_facet Sakai, Mitsuaki
Yamaoka, Masatoshi
Goto, Yukinobu
Sato, Yukio
author_sort Sakai, Mitsuaki
title Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
title_short Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
title_full Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
title_fullStr Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
title_full_unstemmed Subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
title_sort subscapularis muscle flap for reconstruction of posterior chest wall skeletal defect
description •We performed a subscapular muscle flap surgery to cover a chest wall defect.•No previous study has reported this technique for chest wall reconstruction.•The subscapular muscle flap technique can be conducted using the same incision as a lobectomy.•The subscapular muscle flap technique does not require plastic surgery support.•During the technique, the lower third of the scapula needs to be excised.
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430181/
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