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Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2018 Introduction: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the clinical characteristics and thoracic factors such as sternal tilt angle and Haller index in patients with idiopathic or syndromic scoliosis associated with pectus excavatum.
Ryoji Tauchi +8 more
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Stairlike fracture of the sternum [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2017 A 30-year-old man, who had been involved in a traffic collision four hours previously, was transferred to our university hospital from a rural hospital. He was not wearing a seat belt while driving and had an isolated sternal fracture with severe displacement after hitting the steering wheel ([
AYDIN, Yener, Sade, Recep
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the sternum
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, 2009 Hiroyuki Tsuchie
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Chondromyxoid fibroma of the sternum [PDF]
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2006 Bjork-Shiley valve in the mitral position. Ann Thorac Surg. 1981;32: 58-62. 3. Trites PN, Kiser JC, Johnson C, Tycast FJ, Gobel FL. Occlusion of Medtronic Hall mitral valve prosthesis by ruptured papillary muscle and chordae tendineae. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1984;88:301-2. 4. Mok CK, Cheung DL, Chiu CS, Aung-Khin M. An unusual lethal complication of
Hiroo Yabe +10 more
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Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2013 Sternal metastasis in thyroid cancer is an uncommon occurrence with only a handful of cases of chest wall resections being done. Sternal reconstruction for both primary and secondary tumors has been performed using various techniques and materials such ...
Waseem M Hajjar +3 more
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European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2022 Ewing's sarcoma is the second most frequent primary malignant bone tumor in adolescents and young adults. Locations on the thoracic wall represent up to 20% of primary and secondary locations. We present the case of a 13-year-old patient treated with the
Nicolas Mainard +6 more
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Deep sternal wound infections: Evidence for prevention, treatment, and reconstructive surgery
Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2019 Median sternotomy is the most popular approach in cardiac surgery. Post-sternotomy wound complications are rare, but the occurrence of a deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a catastrophic event associated with higher morbidity and mortality, longer ...
Luigi Schiraldi +7 more
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Implantation of a 3D-printed titanium sternum in a patient with a sternal tumor
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018 BackgroundPrimary malignant or metastatic sternal tumors are uncommon. A subtotal or total sternectomy can offer a radical form of treatment. The issue is to restore the structural integrity of the chest wall.Case presentationWe report the implantation ...
A. Dzian +3 more
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Isolated primary cold abscess of the sternum: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Musculoskeletal tuberculosis forms 10–25% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis which mainly involves the spine or weight-bearing joints. Tuberculous involvement of the sternum is a rare clinical entity even in countries where tuberculosis has high prevalence ...
L. Bains +5 more
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Chest wall – underappreciated structure in sonography. Part II: Non-cancerous lesions
Journal of Ultrasonography, 2017 The chest wall is a vast and complex structure, hence the wide range of pathological conditions that may affect it. The aim of this publication is to discuss the usefulness of ultrasound for the diagnosis of benign lesions involving the thoracic wall ...
Andrzej Smereczyński +2 more
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