Primary Hydatid Disease of the Chest Wall Presenting as a Chest Wall Tumor [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2018 Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease that is endemic in Mediterranean areas, South America, North Africa, Australia, and Iran. Although the liver and lung are the most common involved organs, but the other organs in human body also can be involved by ...
Reza Bagheri +5 more
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Chest wall – a structure underestimated in ultrasonography. Part III: Neoplastic lesions
Journal of Ultrasonography, 2017 Chest wall neoplasms mainly include malignancies, metastatic in particular. Differential diagnosis should include clinical data; tumor location, extent, delineation; the degree of homogeneity; the presence of calcifications; the nature of bone ...
Andrzej Smereczyński +2 more
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Lung Volume Reduction in Emphysema Improves Chest Wall Asynchrony [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Lung volume reduction (LVR) techniques improve lung function in selected patients with emphysema, but the impact of LVR procedures on the asynchronous movement of diff erent chest wall compartments, which is a feature of emphysema, is not ...
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Pattern and Outcome of Chest Injuries at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 Chest injuries constitute a continuing challenge to the trauma or general surgeon practicing in developing countries. This study was conducted to outline the etiological spectrum, injury patterns and short term outcome of these injuries in our setting ...
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A pilot study of the impact of high-frequency chest wall oscillation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with mucus hypersecretion [PDF]
, 2011 Indranil Chakravorty1, Kamaljit Chahal2, Gillian Austin21St George's Hospital, London, 2East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Lister Hospital and Primary Care Trust, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UKIntroduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
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Novel chest wall blocks for severe chest wall injuries in older persons: A case series
, 2021 Patients over the age of 65 years admitted to hospital with more than six rib fractures have a mortality rate as high as 38%. Of the survivors, 34% are likely to be admitted to an aged care facility.
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Three-Dimensional Custom-Made Titanium Ribs for Reconstruction of a Large Chest Wall Defect
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2016 Reconstruction of large chest wall defects always demand surgeons of having lots of means available (both materials and resourceful) to apply a cover to chest wall defects which can range from a few centimeters to the lack of a few entire ribs.
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Anterior chest wall reconstruction with titanium plate sandwiched between two polypropylene sheets [PDF]
, 2012 Extensive sternal resection carries the risk of difficult reconstruction and surgical complications. A 79-year-old woman underwent sternal resection and reconstruction for sternal chondrosarcoma.
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Expert consensus on resection of chest wall tumors and chest wall reconstruction [PDF]
, 2021 Chest wall tumors are a relatively uncommon disease in clinical practice. Most of the published studies about chest wall tumors are usually single-center retrospective studies, involving few patients.
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Extensive traumatic anterior chest wall injury including type I manubriosternal dislocation
, 2022 Manubriosternal joint dislocation (MSD) is a rare traumatic injury, usually preceded by a high energy trauma. We report a case of a 40-year-old female who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and presented to a tertiary trauma centre.
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