Ossification does not cause any complication when a bronchial stump is reinforced with an intercostal muscle flap | Zendy

Tomohiro Maniwa | Zendy; Yukihito Saito | Zendy; Tomohito Saito | Zendy; Hiroyuki Kaneda | Zendy; Hiroji Imamura | Zendy

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Ossification does not cause any complication when a bronchial stump is reinforced with an intercostal muscle flap

Author(s) -

Tomohiro Maniwa,

Yukihito Saito,

Tomohito Saito,

Hiroyuki Kaneda,

Hiroji Imamura

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.10.040

Subject(s) - medicine , ossification , surgery , dissection (medical) , anastomosis , complication , lymph node

An intercostal muscle (ICM) flap is used to buttress the bronchial stump or bronchial anastomosis during thoracic surgery for airway reconstruction. Such flaps sometimes show ossification after surgery. Previous reports have suggested that such ossification requires a functional periosteum and good vascularization. We examined the background of ICM flap ossification and its relationship with complications and pain after surgery.

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