Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog chest wall rebuilt using latissimus dorsi muscle and fascia graft
By de Battisti, A et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2015·Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Chest wall reconstruction with latissimus dorsi and an autologous thoracolumbar fascia graft in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old Dobermann underwent surgery to remove a high-grade osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer) from the left side of its chest, which required the removal of six ribs. Because the hole left in the chest wall was too large to fix with just muscle, the veterinary team used a piece of muscle from the dog's back and a graft from the thoracolumbar fascia (a layer of tissue in the lower back) to reconstruct the area. The surgery went well, with no complications, and the dog was able to recover successfully.
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Abstract
A new technique for autogenous chest wall reconstruction using a latissimus dorsi muscle flap and a free graft of thoracolumbar fascia was utilised in a two-year-old Dobermann after resection of a high-grade osteosarcoma from the left thoracic wall. En bloc excision of the chest wall mass, including six ribs, was performed. The resulting chest wall defect was too large to be reconstructed with only a pedicled muscle flap and was reconstructed with a latissimus dorsi muscle flap cranially and a free graft of thoracolumbar fascia caudally. The graft was harvested easily, and there was no donor site morbidity or postoperative complications. A free graft of thoracolumbar fascia can be considered as an option to supplement autogenous reconstruction of the chest wall.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25223636/