Reconstruction of an extensive anterior chest wall defect after mediastinitis with an omentum flap: a case report

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old patient who developed an extensive skin defect in the anterior chest wall after undergoing myocardial revascularization and postoperative mediastinitis. Owing to the impossibility of using cutaneous and muscular flaps on the region, we performed the reconstruction with an omentum flap based on the left gastroepiploic artery and meshed skin graft.

Keywords

• omentum
• chest wall
• surgical flap
• mediastinitis