1. Twenty-six years of experience with the modified eloesser flap
Vinod H Thourani, MD, R.Todd Lancaster, BS, Kamal A Mansour, MD, Joseph I Miller, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages (August 2003)
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2. Fig 1 Depicted is a left chronic empyema.
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3. Fig 2
Proposed incision for modified Eloesser flap is illustrated. The proposed inverted “U” incision is in the left chest.
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4. Fig 3
Incision performed with tongue flap reflected and proposed ribs to be resected identified.
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5. Fig 4
Incision performed with tongue flap reflected and proposed ribs resected.
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6. Fig 5
Completed modified Eloesser flap with tongue flap sewn to the base of the empyema cavity.
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7. Fig 6
Cross-sectional view of the drained empyema cavity and the completed modified Eloesser flap with tongue flap sewn to the base of the empyema cavity.
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