Extensive chest wall resection and reconstruction are a challenging procedure that requires
a multidisciplinary approach, including input from thoracic surgeon, plastic surgeon and …

Objective: This report serves to showcase four cases of rare, malignant primary neoplasms
of the anterior chest wall [chondrosarcoma and basal cell carcinoma (BCC)] that thoracic …

Background Many new surgical techniques and materials have been introduced in the last
decade for chest wall reconstruction or stabilization with the purpose of improving the …

Background Chest wall malignant tumor (including primary and metastatic lesions) is rare,
representing less than 5% of all thoracic malignancies. Local control of chest wall …

Background Chest wall resection and reconstruction (CWRR) is quite challenging in
surgery, due to evolution in techniques. Neoplasms of the chest wall, primary or secondary …

Purpose Post-sternotomy dehiscence and mediastinitis remains a serious complication in
cardiothoracic surgery. The aim of this work is to report our experience over a period of 8 …

Chest wall reconstruction is crucial not only for an uneventful postoperative period after
chest wall resection, but also, for ensuring a lifelong good quality of life for the patient …

Full median sternotomy is still the most commonly used surgical approach for exposing the
heart in cardiac surgery (1). However, early sternotomy wound complications represent a …

Background Sternum may be involved by different diseases such as trauma, infection after
cardiac surgery, tumors (primary and secondary) or chest wall deformities. Surgical excision …

Background Reconstruction of the anterior chest wall defect after sternectomy is a challenge
for cardiothoracic surgeons. In 2010, the Padua group published the first case of cadaveric …