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Radionecrosis of the Chest Wall [1]

Submitted by emassa2 [2] on Tue, 2015-09-08 15:36

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Radionecrosis of the chest wall requires wide resection of irradiated and infected tissue. Covering the wound with the omentum is a safe and reliable procedure, but, if the pleura has been opened the omentum will not provide airtightness. This video describes a simple trick to overcome this difficulty, allowing the use of the omentum in all cases.

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Thoracic [3]
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Videos - General [4]
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Chest Wall [5]
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