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The Split Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap to Protect a Bronchial Stump at Risk of Bronchial Insufficiency

^a Thoracic Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
^b Thoracic Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Verona, Verona, Italy

Accepted for publication May 21, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Terzi, Head Thoracic Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Croce e Carle Cuneo, Via Coppino 26, Cuneo, 12100, Italy (Email: alterzi{at}libero.it).

Consistent branching of the thoracodorsal vessels to the latissimus dorsi makes it possible to split the muscle into independent branched units. The use of the lateral split latissimus dorsi muscle flap to protect the bronchial stump in case of bronchus at risk of insufficiency is described.