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The infected chest wall prosthesis: management by excision and contralateral transverse rectus abdominis
E A Wiebke1, H D McDonald, H I Pass
1Thoracic Oncology Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
A patient with a chest wall sarcoma whose original prosthetic reconstruction became infected after a course of radiation therapy is described. After removal of the prosthesis, salvage reconstruction was performed using a transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap. Management of the infected chest wall prosthesis, with emphasis on the indications for use of the transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap, is discussed.