Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1289-1293 , August 2010

A novel approach to thoracic wall reconstruction based on a muscle perforator

  • Kazuo Kishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5363 3814; fax: +81 3 3352 1054.
    • ,
  • Nobuaki Imanishi

      Affiliations

    • Department ofAnatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Ruka Ninomiya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Keisuke Okabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirotoshi Ohara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Noriko Hattori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideo Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
    • ,
  • Tatsuo Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

Received 16 December 2008 ,Accepted 1 July 2009.

References 

  1. Valdatta L, Thione A, Buoro M, et al. A useful application of the double-breasted vest principle in skin closure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003;111:966–967
  2. Millard DR. Scar repair by the double-breasted vest principle. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1970;45:616–619
  3. Kishi K, Nakajima H, Imanishi N. Reconstruction of skin defects after resection of severe gluteal hidradenitis suppurativa with fasciocutaneous flaps. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2009;62:800–805
  4. Nakajima H, Imanishi N, Aiso S. Arterial anatomy of the nipple–areola complex. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995;96:843–845
  5. Chapelier A, Macchiarini P, Rietjens M, et al. Chest wall reconstruction following resection of large primary malignant tumors. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1994;8:351–356
  6. Galbis Caravajal JM, Yeste Sánchez L, Fuster Diana CA, et al. Sternal resection and reconstruction after malignant tumours. Clin Transl Oncol. 2009;11:91–95
  7. Chapelier AR, Missana MC, Couturaud B, et al. Sternal resection and reconstruction for primary malignant tumors. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004;77:1001–1006
  8. Sabanathan S, Shah R, Mearns AJ. Surgical treatment of primary malignant chest wall tumours. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1997;11:1011–1016
  9. Bury TF, Reece GP, Janjan NA, et al. Closure of massive chest wall defects after full-thickness chest wall resection. Ann Plast Surg. 1995;34:409–414
  10. Tobin GR. Pectoralis major muscle-musculocutaneous flap for chest-wall reconstruction. Surg Clin North Am. 1989;69:991–1006
  11. Jacobs B, Ghersi MM. Intercostal artery-based rectus abdominis transposition flap for sternal wound reconstruction: fifteen-year experience and literature review. Ann Plast Surg. 2008;60:410–415

☆ There are no funds supporting this work and no financial interests.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00516-6

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.07.006

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 1289-1293 , August 2010

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution