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Reconstruction of an emergency thoracotomy wound with free rectus abdominis flap: Anatomic and radiologic basis for the surgical technique

An alcoholic 50-year-old male patient with a history of schizophrenia sustained stab wounds into both ventricles and left lung, and survived following an emergency department thoracotomy. The EDT wound, however became infected requiring serial debridements of soft tissue, rib cartilage and sternum....

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Autores principales: Gilman, Kaitlyn, Ipaktchi, Kyros, Moore, Ernest E, Barnett, Carlton, Gurunluoglu, Raffi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-5-12