Bucket-handle repair of a tear in the bronchus intermedius with an intercostal muscle flap

Abstract As previously well described in the literature, the intercostal muscle (ICM) flap can be used to buttress bronchial stumps following lung resection. We describe a harvesting technique of ICM flap which enabled a bi-lobectomy to be avoided in a patient with poor pulmonary function. The Key t...

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