Closure Of Thoracic Wall Defect Using Breast Implant Capsule Tissue As A Rotation Flap - A Case Report

A 70-year old woman underwent thoracic surgery resulting in rupture of a silicone implant. During re-implantation at a later time an iatrogenic thoracic wall defect was discovered. In order to complete re-implantation the defect was closed using a rotation flap constructed from capsular tissue from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Josiassen, Michael, Kudibal, Madeline T., Gramkow, Christina, Trojahn Kølle, Stig-Frederik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29868624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1476150
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Sumario:A 70-year old woman underwent thoracic surgery resulting in rupture of a silicone implant. During re-implantation at a later time an iatrogenic thoracic wall defect was discovered. In order to complete re-implantation the defect was closed using a rotation flap constructed from capsular tissue from the previous silicone implant.

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