Thoracomyoplasty in the Treatment of Empyema: Current Indications, Basic Principles, and Results

Figure 1

Anatomic drawing of the blood supply of the most used extrathoracic muscle flaps that are transposed inside the chest to obliterate infected spaces. From Miller et al.—Single-stage complete muscle flap closure of the postpneumonectomy space: a new method and possible solution to a disturbing complication, Ann Thorac Surg 1984; 38 : 227-31.