Open AccessTreatment of complicated pulmonary aspergillomas with cavernostomy and muscle flap: interest of concomitant limited thoracoplasty
Author(s) -
Renaud Grima,
Athanase Krassas,
Patrick Bagan,
A. Badia,
Françoise Le PimpecBarthes,
Marc Riquet
Publication year - 2009
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.2009.05.007
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , pneumonectomy , aspergilloma , concomitant , muscle atrophy , complication , deformity , intercostal muscle , lung , atrophy , anatomy , respiratory system
Lung resection for complex aspergilloma (CA) carries high morbidity and mortality and remains controversial in high-risk patients. Cavernostomy followed by muscle-flap plombage has been recommended for patients considered unfit for resection, but subsequent muscle-flap atrophy may be a main cause of failure. We reviewed the place of a limited thoracoplasty in association with that procedure.
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