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Treatment of Tuberculous Empyema by Intrathoracic Transposition of a Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap

  • Kim, Byeong Jun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Hong, In Pyo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Chung, Chan Min (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Woo Sik (Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Medical Center)
  • Received : 2015.05.04
  • Accepted : 2015.11.04
  • Published : 2016.01.15
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