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Reappraisal of Fascia Lata Grafts for Reconstruction of Chest Wall Defects

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
For reprint information contact: Tomohiro Murakawa, MD Tel: 81 3 5800 8654 Fax: 81 3 5684 3989 email: murakawa-tky{at}umin.ac.jp Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.

Large chest wall defects require surgical reconstruction to ensure structural stability and to prevent flail chest. We used autologous fascia lata grafts to reconstruct skeletal chest wall defects in 8 consecutive patients. Sufficient chest wall stability was obtained; and no complications, such as flail chest, infection, or seroma, have been observed in any of the cases to date.