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Repair of a large congenital diaphragmatic defect with a reverse latissimus dorsi muscle flap

✍ Scribed by Rui F. Barbosa; Jorge Rodrigues; Jorge Correia-Pinto; António Costa-Ferreira; Augusta Cardoso; Jorge C. Reis; José M. Amarante

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
268 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
0738-1085

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Advances in neonatal care have led to an increase in the survival rate of children with large congenital diaphragmatic defects. Reconstruction by direct closure is not usually possible and surgical correction in the newborn consists of synthetic patch closure. Recurrence and complications are high with this technique and a latter reconstruction with living tissue is now advocated. We report a case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia treated initially by synthetic patch closure and 10 months latter, after a recurrence, with a reinnervated reverse latissimus dorsi (RLD) flap. We used an end‐to‐side neural coaptation of the thoracodorsal nerve to the phrenic nerve. The result was satisfactory, with remission of symptoms and improvement in growth and development, with permanent pleuro‐peritoneal separation, normal lung growth, and apparent neodiaphragmatic function. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery, 2008.

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