Thoracomyoplasty for Chronic Empyema and Osteoradionecrosis of the Chest WallThoracomyoplasty for Chronic Empyema and Osteoradionecrosis of the Chest Wall
- Other Titles
- Thoracomyoplasty for Chronic Empyema and Osteoradionecrosis of the Chest Wall
- Authors
- 홍정인; 신홍주; 조원민; 신재승; 황진욱
- Issue Date
- 2021
- Publisher
- 대한흉부외과학회
- Keywords
- Pleural empyema; Osteoradionecrosis; Thoracoplasty; Myocutaneous flap
- Citation
- Journal of Chest Surgery, v.54, no.3, pp.228 - 231
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- SCOPUS
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- Journal Title
- Journal of Chest Surgery
- Volume
- 54
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 228
- End Page
- 231
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/137985
- DOI
- 10.5090/jcs.20.087
- ISSN
- 2233-601X
- Abstract
- Herein, we report a case in which thoracomyoplasty was performed to manage chronic postlobectomy empyema (PLE). A 54-year-old male patient with a surgical history of right upper lobectomy and thymectomy 35 years previously who had undergone adjuvant ra- diotherapy presented with purulent discharge on the anterior chest wall. The patient was diagnosed with chronic PLE with ascending infection and concurrent osteonecrosis of the parasternum. Proper drainage was performed for local infection control and the dead spaces were successfully closed with muscle flaps. There have been no complications to date.
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