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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
Defects of the chest wall are often encountered, and good results can be obtained both cosmetically and functionally from their treatment. We treated 13 patients with full thickness chest wall defects. Follow up ranged from 12 days to 19 months. Three had had recurrent breast carcinoma, seven relapse after excision of a sarcoma, two had had lesions of the chest wall after irradiation, and one had a sternal fistula. Local skin, musculocutaneous and free latissimus dorsi and anterolateral thigh flaps were done to cover soft tissue. Fascia lata, polypropylene (Marlex) mesh, and Marlex mesh-methylmethacrylate sandwich prosthesis, were used to stabilise the skeleton in nine patients. Two of the patients died postoperatively, one early. The use of Marlex mesh-methylmethacrylate sandwich prostheses for the stabilisation of the skeleton and local musculocutaneous flaps for covering soft tissues after resection of three or more ribs is effective.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0284-4311
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-100
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Fistula, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Methylmethacrylate, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Polypropylenes, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Radiation Injuries, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Sarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Soft Tissue Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Surgical Flaps, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Surgical Mesh, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Thoracic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Thoracic Wall, pubmed-meshheading:16537256-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Combined reconstruction of complex defects of the chest wall.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article