• DOI:10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.04.039
Corpus ID: 45970476

Intrathoracic transposition of the serratus anterior muscle flap--personal experience with 65 consecutive patients.

@article{Boianu2010IntrathoracicTO,
  title={Intrathoracic transposition of the serratus anterior muscle flap--personal experience with 65 consecutive patients.},
  author={Petre Vlah-Horea Boţianu and A. M. Botianu and Adrian Cristian Dobrica and V. Bac{\^a}rea},
  journal={European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery},
  year={2010},
  volume={38 6},
  pages={
          669-73
        }
}

Petre Vlah-Horea Boţianu, A. M. Botianu, +1 author V. Bacârea

Published 2010

Medicine

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

OBJECTIVE The objective of our article is to analyse the results of intrathoracic transposition of the serratus anterior (SA) muscle flap for suppurative diseases. METHOD We performed a retrospective analysis of 65 consecutive patients operated upon in our unit between 1 January 2003 and 1 March 2009 in whom we used intrathoracic transposition of the SA muscle flap. The flap was used alone or in association with other flaps and/or thoracoplasty in patients not amenable to lung resection and… CONTINUE READING

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