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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1058-1059. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.003
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The Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap in Mediastinal Tracheostomy Reconstruction

Alain J. Wurtz, MD, Massimo M. Conti, MD, Lotfi M. Benhamed, MD, Nathalie Courtois-Purgass, MD, Henri L. Porte, MD, PhD

Clinique de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Calmette, CHU Lille, F 59037 Lille Cedex, France

(Email: awurtz@chru-lille.fr).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Abel Gómez-Caro and colleagues [1] regarding the anterior mediastinal tracheostomy (AMT) reconstruction. The authors performed an arterial replacement with cryopreserved allograft and used latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap plus epiploplasty for AMT reconstruction after the resection of a stomal recurrence invading the innominate artery (IA).

Anterior mediastinal tracheostomy reconstruction is a major challenge. This procedure has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, owning particularly to IA rupture resulting from tracheal stoma separation, with exposure of the great vessels, mediastinal sepsis, pressure necrosis from the trachea to the IA, or . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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