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Major chest wall reconstruction after chest wall irradiation [PDF]

open access: yesCancer, 1981
In the last year, 12 patients have undergone extensive chest wall resection. Eight patients had recurrent cancer after prior resection and irradiation with an average defect of 160 square centimeters, usually including ribs and a portion of the sternum; four had radionecrosis of soft tissue and/or bone.
D L, Larson   +3 more
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Acellular dermal matrix and bone cement sandwich technique for chest wall reconstruction

open access: yesArchives of Plastic Surgery, 2022
The authors performed rigid reconstruction using the sandwich technique for full-thickness chest wall defects by using two layers of acellular dermal matrix and bone cement. We assessed six patients who underwent chest wall reconstruction. Reconstruction
Chan Yeong Heo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radical resection and reconstruction of the sternum for metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma of the sternum is rare and a few cases of surgical resection have been reported. Anterior chest wall reconstruction after radical resection of the sternum and ribs aims to protect the heart and lung from external ...
Young Chul Yoon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chest wall reconstruction using abdominal rectus and latissimus dorsi muscle flaps: case report [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Chest wall reconstruction remains one of the great plastic surgery repair challenges. The present work aims to report on cases of chest wall reconstruction using myocutaneous flaps after wall resection due to tumor/osteomyelitis.
Salustiano Gomes de Pinho Pessoa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three‐dimensional printed polyether‐ether‐ketone implant for extensive chest wall reconstruction: A case report

open access: yesThoracic Cancer, 2020
Three‐dimensional printed (3DP) implant offers a valid option with perfect anatomic fitting in individual and skeletal reconstruction of the chest wall. Herein, we present the case of a patient with a large chest wall tumor, where an extensive chest wall
Lei Wang, Xi Liu, Tao Jiang, Lijun Huang
doaj   +1 more source

Surgery corrects asynchrony of ribcage secondary to extra-thoracic tumor but leads to expiratory dysfunction during exercise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: The effect of chest wall tumours on chest wall mechanics is uncertain even less is known about the effects of resection and reconstruction.
Andrea Aliverti   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

11-year experience with Chest Wall resection and reconstruction for primary Chest Wall sarcomas

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Background & Objectives Primary chest wall sarcomas are rare and therapeutically challenging tumors. Herein we report the outcomes of a surgery-based multimodality therapy for these pathologies over an 11-year period.
Ori Wald   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chest wall and diaphragm reconstruction; a technique not well established in literature – case report

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Introduction Regardless of its rarity, and indolent clinical course, chest wall tumor places high morbidity and burden on patients especially when invasion to a neighboring structure is found.
Riad Abdel Jalil   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chest wall reconstruction with implantable cross-linked porcine dermal collagen matrix: Evaluation of clinical outcomesCentral MessagePerspective

open access: yesJTCVS Techniques, 2022
Objectives: The aim of the study is to evaluate clinical applications, safety, and effectiveness of a porcine-derived acellular cross-linked dermal matrix biological mesh in chest wall reconstruction.
Alessandro Gonfiotti, MD, PhD   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconstruction of Anterior Chest Wall with Polypropylene Mesh: Two Primary Sternal Chondrosarcoma Cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
 Primary sternal chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor that is refractory to chemotherapy and radiation. Effective therapy is radical resection of the tumor. We present two patients with primary sternal chondrosarcoma who underwent a radical resection
Kawana, Shinichi   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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