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Ann Thorac Surg 2012;93:1743-1745. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.12.005
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Use of the Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap for Bronchial Reinforcement in Patients With Previous Posterolateral Thoracotomy

Pascal Berna, MD*, Raphael Sinna, MD, PhD, Florence De Dominicis, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Amiens South Hospital, Amiens, France

Accepted for publication December 2, 2011.

* Address correspondence to Dr Berna, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Amiens South Hospital, Avenue René Laënnec Salouel, Amiens 80054, Cedex 1, France (Email: berna.pascal{at}chu-amiens.fr).

The thoracodorsal artery perforator flap (TDAP flap) allows raising the same cutaneous island as in the classical latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap without its muscular part. All patients who underwent a completion pneumonectomy with reinforcement of bronchial stump with a TDAP flap from December 2009 to October 2010 were followed prospectively. The 30-day mortality and the procedure-related morbidity as well as bronchial fistula and TDAP flap were analyzed. The TDAP flap was used in 6 cases without failure or fistula formation. At 1 month, all patients were alive, and there was no morbidity (seroma, hematoma, fistula, or shoulder dysfunction). Computed tomography scans were performed at 1 month and 3 months postoperatively and showed viable nonatrophic flap. This type of flap has been described in the field of plastic surgery, and this is the first description of its use in the chest. Deepithelialized fasciocutaneous TDAP flap is safe and reliable. It is available even if the latissimus dorsi has been previously divided. It is now our first-line option to reinforce the bronchial stump.




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