Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap with a Distally Based Serratus Anterior Extension for Salvaging Aortic Graft Infection

• Itaru Tsuge, MD, PhD,
• Susumu Saito, MD, PhD,
• Kazuhiro Yamazaki, MD, PhD,
• Kazuhisa Sakamoto, MD,
• Shigeru Tsunoda, MD, PhD,
• Motoki Katsube, MD, PhD,
• Jun Arata, MD,
• Michiharu Sakamoto, MD, PhD,
• Kenji Minatoya, MD, PhD,
• Naoki Morimoto, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Itaru Tsuge, MD, PhD

From the * Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Susumu Saito, MD, PhD

From the * Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kazuhiro Yamazaki, MD, PhD

† Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kazuhisa Sakamoto, MD

† Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shigeru Tsunoda, MD, PhD

‡ Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Motoki Katsube, MD, PhD

From the * Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Jun Arata, MD

§ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan.

Michiharu Sakamoto, MD, PhD

From the * Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Minatoya, MD, PhD

† Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Naoki Morimoto, MD, PhD

From the * Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan