title: [Surgical therapy of chest wall tumors].
abstract: Tumors of the chest wall may occur as both primary and secondary tumors. Diagnosis is established by clinical examination, conventional and/or computed tomography. In most cases of chest wall tumors resection is the treatment of choice. It should be performed with a safe distance to the tumor, if necessary with bloc resection of another intrathoracic part or adjacent tissues. For skeletal reconstruction non-absorbable and absorbable mesh is available; even complete replacement of the sternum is possible. Large full thickness defects can be covered with sliding flaps or myocutaneous flaps from adjacent locations.
authors.affiliation: Thoraxklinik der LVA Baden, Krankenhaus Heidelberg-Rohrbach.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Merkle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Isele
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vogt-Moykopf
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Die chirurgische Therapie der Brustwandtumoren.