Complete resection of recurrent chest desmoid tumor by 3D model reconstruction technology 

Abstract

Desmoid tumor (DT) is a rare, local recurrence, invasive growth benign disease that rarely occurs in the chest wall. Chest wall tumor resection is mainly solution for chest DTs and one of the most challenging operations for thoracic surgeons. This paper introduces a case of recurrent chest DT, which used 3D model reconstruction(3DMR)technology to make preoperative planning and guide surgical resection of tumor. Our result proved that individual operations designed through 3DRM technology can reduce the possible injury caused by surgery and provide a better management of surgery. 3DRM technology has great application potential in the complex thoracic DTs surgery.