Titanium plates support for chest wall reconstruction with Gore-Tex® dual mesh after sternochondral resection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 779-780

  Hamad, Abdel Mohsen ^a   Marulli, Giuseppe ^a   Bulf, Renato ^a   Rea, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest wall tumour; Sternal reconstruction; Sternum

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; DUAL MESH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAL PLATE; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; STERNOCHONDRAL RESECTION; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE PLATES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STERNUM; SURGICAL MESH; THORACIC WALL; TITANIUM;

EID: 69849096831     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.04.047     Document Type: Article

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