Episode 20: Omentum Flap and Chest Wall Reconstruction — The Last Resort That Saves Lives

Every other option has failed. The chest wall is irradiated, infected, and exposed. This is when you call for the omentum.Gastroepiploic artery anatomy, laparoscopic harvest, subcutaneous tunnelling, split thickness skin grafting over omentum, and the bowel injury that cannot happen in a contaminated chest wound. Episode 20 — omentum flap, from the CT scan to the VAC dressing.