Chest wall repair with a titanium instrument

Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the sternum in a child: resection and reconstruction

“…The titanium bars are strong, inert, malleable, radiolucent, and compatible with CT and MRI [14,15]. Titanium is also known to be both osteoconductive and osteoinductive.…”

Sternal Reconstruction with Synthetic Mesh and Metallic Plates for High Grade Tumours of the Chest Wall

“…Different materials such as homologous bone, muscle, fascia lata, omentum, or heterologous plates and metal mesh, or synthetic products like polypropylene mesh, polytetra ourethylene, polyethylene, polyglycolic acid mesh, terylene, and Silicone rubber were used alone or combined to obtain the best results (6,10,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) The authors opted for polypropylene (Marlex) mesh that allows a rm reconstruction, is simple to handle and to suture to the resected edges, is well-assimilated, resistant to infection, and is radiotransparent (11). Its only limit is its resilience, which causes scarce parietal stability even when sutured in traction and produces a permanent harmful anterior ail chest, progressively but never completely absorbed by the broconnective tissue.…”

“…Both are well de ned and there are numerous techniques (7,8). Among them, stabilisation of the thoracic wall with a synthetic mesh is better achieved when it is associated with a rigid support to maintain the correct tension (16).…”

Repair of Defect in Thoracic Wall Associated with Neoplasms—Literature Review

“…Repairs for chest wall defects have been performed after the resection of malignant diseases (Ohno, Kuwata, Yamasaki, Akizuki, & Satoh, 1998). According to Bjorab (1996), the most used techniques are the chest wall reconstruction with skin flaps, muscle, fascia lata, metal meshes; polypropylene meshes (Marlex), resin acrylic molds and synthetic materials.…”