Eloesser flap

Axial thoracic CT scan of a person with an Eloesser flap. Courtesy of Radiopaedia.org. From the case https://radiopaedia.org/cases/11383

The Eloesser flap is a surgical procedure developed by Dr. Leo Eloesser in 1935 at the San Francisco General Hospital.[1] It was originally intended to aid with drainage of tuberculous empyemas, since at the time there were no effective medications to treat tuberculosis. The procedure was used extensively[2] until the development of effective chemotherapy for tuberculosis in the late 1940s and early 1950s.[3] It is still used occasionally for chronic empyemas.[4][5]

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  2. ^ Brown, A.Lincoln (1943). "Simple drainage of intrathoracic suppurations". The American Journal of Surgery. 62 (2): 169–184. doi:10.1016/s0002-9610(43)90247-8.
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